Today:
718 – The Second Arab siege of Constantinople ended, resulting in a Byzantine victory.
927 – The Saracens conquered and destroyed the city of Taranto in Southern Italy.
1057 – King Macbeth of Scotland was killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by Malcolm Canmore, who later became Malcolm III.
1096 – The First Crusade officially began as the forces set out from Europe towards the Holy Land.
1534 – Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six others took their first vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica.
1843 – The Tivoli Gardens, one of the world’s oldest amusement parks, opened in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1914 – The Panama Canal officially opened, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
1945 – Emperor Hirohito of Japan announced Japan’s surrender in World War II, bringing an end to the war in the Pacific.
1947 – India gained independence from British rule, marking the end of nearly 200 years of British colonialism.
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