A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

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We examine the significant events that occurred on this day in history. Get smarter about our history in less than 10 minutes per day! Presented by Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.

  1. 13 HRS AGO

    Maximian's Triumph: Conquest of Carthage 298 (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

    A Daily Dose of History (10 Mar 2026) Today's historical events: Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage. The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor. After establishing the city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command. Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia. Charles I dissolves the Parliament of England, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule. French "Sun King" Louis XIV begins his personal rule of France after the death of his premier, the Cardinal Mazarin. An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories. French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform. Emperor Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    7 min

  2. 1D AGO

    Lithuania's First Mention: 09 March 1009 (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

    A Daily Dose of History (09 Mar 2026) Today's historical events: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa. The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation. After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually died by suicide. The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published. Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí. Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine. The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally. Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    8 min

  3. 2D AGO

    Shahnameh: Ferdowsi's Epic Persian Poem (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

    A Daily Dose of History (08 Mar 2026) Today's historical events: Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh. Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg. The city of Pori (Swedish: Björneborg) was founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia. Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655-1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden. Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad. Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran. An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery. Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes. War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, was reopened after 45 years of closure. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    9 min

  4. 3D AGO

    Emperors of Rome: Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

    A Daily Dose of History (07 Mar 2026) Today's historical events: Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin. The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses. A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman-Venetian War and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands. Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne. Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina. Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand. Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas. Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone". The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore. Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    9 min

  5. 4D AGO

    Farewell Sermon: Muhammad's Legacy (+ 14 more historical events on this day!)

    A Daily Dose of History (06 Mar 2026) Today's historical events: The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete. The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus. Treaty of Paris of 1323 is signed. Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights. Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam. The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal. The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement. The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free. York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto. Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured. The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7-2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people. Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. The Serbian kingdom is re-founded. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    10 min

  6. 5D AGO

    Julian's Fatal Campaign: Roman-Sasanian Power Struggle (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

    A Daily Dose of History (05 Mar 2026) Today's historical events: Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama. The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands. Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published. Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans. Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa. First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma. Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities. Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    8 min

  7. 6D AGO

    Nero: Rise to Power and Fall from Grace (+ 14 more historical events on this day!)

    A Daily Dose of History (04 Mar 2026) Today's historical events: Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources. Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs. Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany. The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus'. Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam. Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland. Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV. Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean. Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth. The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England. Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    10 min

  8. MAR 3

    Barbarian Influence: Decline of Western Rome (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

    A Daily Dose of History (03 Mar 2026) Today's historical events: Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi. The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza. American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau. American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia. The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison. The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise. Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. The Territory of Minnesota is created. The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    8 min
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