Day In History
This Day in History
Today: March 25, 2026
410
The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending the Southern Yan dynasty.[1][2]
421
Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.[3]
708
Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.
717
Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy allowing Leo III to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty.
919
Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.
1000
Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
1065
The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses.[4]
1306
Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
1409
The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism.
1410
The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launches the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.[5]
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