This Day in History
Today: December 31, 2025
406
Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.[2]
535
Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year.[3]
870
Battle of Englefield: The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading (East Anglia); many Danes are killed.[4]
1105
Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV is forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Henry V, in Ingelheim.[5]
1225
The Lý dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Trần Thái Tông, husband of the last Lý monarch, Lý Chiêu Hoàng, starting the Trần dynasty.[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022...
1229
James I the Conqueror, King of Aragon, enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain), thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca.[6]
1501
The First Battle of Cannanore commences, seeing the first use of the naval line of battle.[citation needed]
1600
The British East India Company is chartered.[7]
1660
James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
1670
The expedition of John Narborough leaves Corral Bay, having surveyed the coast and lost four hostages to the Spanish.[8]
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