Day In History
This Day in History
Today: August 31, 2026
1056
After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
1057
Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year.
1218
Al-Kamil becomes sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty.
1314
King Haakon V of Norway moves the capital from Bergen to Oslo.
1420
The 8.8–9.4 Caldera earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region causing tsunami in Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.[1][2]
1422
King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of nine months.
1535
Pope Paul III excommunicates English King Henry VIII from the church. He drew up a papal bull of excommunication which began Eius qui immobilis.[3]
1776
William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
1795
War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
1798
Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
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