This Day in History
Today: March 19, 2026
1277
The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.[1]
1279
A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China.
1284
The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.[2]
1452
Frederick III of Habsburg is the last Holy Roman Emperor crowned by medieval tradition in Rome by Pope Nicholas V.[3]
1563
The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
1649
The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
1687
Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
1808
Charles IV, king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace Aranjuez. His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne.[4]
1812
The Cortes of Cádiz promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
1824
American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.[5]
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