Day In History
This Day in History
Today: November 9, 2026
694
At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
1180
The Battle of Fujigawa: Minamoto forces (30,000 men) under Minamoto no Yoritomo defeat Taira no Koremori during a night attack near the Fuji River but he escapes safely with the routed army.[1][2]
1277
The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement forced on Llywelyn ap Gruffudd by King Edward I of England, brings a temporary end to the Welsh Wars.[3]
1307
Knights Templar officer Hugues de Pairaud is forced to confess during the Trials of the Knights Templar. He was persecuted on the charges of false idolism and sodomy.[4]
1313
Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf.
1330
At the Battle of Posada, Basarab I of Wallachia defeats the Hungarian army of Charles I Robert.
1372
Trần Duệ Tông succeeds his brother Trần Nghệ Tông as King of Vietnam.[5]
1431
The Battle of Ilava: The Hungarians defeat the Hussite army.[6][7]
1456
Ulrich II, Count of Celje, last ruler of the County of Cilli, is assassinated in Belgrade.
1520
More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath.
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