This Day in History
Today: February 14, 2026
748
Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.[2]
842
Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.[3]
1014
Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.[4]
1130
The troubled 1130 papal election exposes a rift within the College of Cardinals.
1349
Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.
1530
Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico.
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