This Day in History
Today: December 22, 2025
69
Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs.[1]
401
Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed his father in the office.[2]
856
Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.[3]
880
Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.[4]
1135
Three weeks after the death of King Henry I of England, Stephen of Blois claims the throne and is privately crowned King of England, beginning the English Anarchy.[5]
1216
Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.[6]
1489
The forces of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, take control of Almería from the Nasrid ruler of Granada, Muhammad XIII.[7]
1769
Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with the Qing dynasty withdrawing from Burma forever.[8]
1788
Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.[9]
1790
The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.[10]
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