This Day in History
Today: November 27, 2025
25
Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
176
Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
395
Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.
511
King Clovis I dies at Lutetia and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve.
602
Byzantine Emperor Maurice is forced to watch as the usurper Phocas executes his five sons before Maurice is beheaded himself.
1095
Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
1382
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1542
Palace plot of Renyin year: A group of Ming dynasty palace women fail to murder the Jiajing Emperor, and are executed by slow-slicing.[2]
1727
The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.
1755
An earthquake in northern Morocco devastates the cities of Fes and Meknes.[3]
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