This Day in History
Today: March 4, 2026
51
Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
306
Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
581
Yang Jian declares himself Emperor Wen of Sui, ending the Northern Zhou and beginning the Sui dynasty.[1]
852
Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
938
Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
1152
Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.
1238
The Battle of the Sit River begins two centuries of Mongol horde domination of Russia.
1351
Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
1386
Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
1461
Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
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