On This Day
1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
The War of Saint Sabas (1256–1270) was a conflict between the rival Italian maritime republics of Genoa (aided by Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre, John of Arsuf, and the Knights Hospitaller) and Venice (aided by the Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, John of Ibelin, and the Knights Templar), over control of Acre, in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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843 – The Vikings sack the French city of Nantes.[2]
Vikings were active in Brittany during the Middle Ages, even occupying a portion of it for a time. Throughout the 9th century, the Bretons faced threats from various flanks: they resisted full incorporation into the Frankish Carolingian Empire yet they also had to repel an emerging threat of the new duchy of Normandy on their eastern border by these Scandinavian colonists.
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1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
The Battle of Rio Nuevo took place between 25 and 27 June 1658[a] on the island of Jamaica between Spanish forces under Cristóbal Arnaldo Isasi and English forces under governor Edward D’Oyley. In the battle lasting over two days the invading Spanish were routed. It is the largest battle to be fought on Jamaica.[3]
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684 – Pope Benedict II is the last pope to require confirmation by the Byzantine emperor before taking office.
Pope Benedict II (Latin: Benedictus II) was the bishop of Rome from 26 June 684 to his death. Pope Benedict II’s feast day is 7 May.
Born On This Day
47 BC – Caesarion, Egyptian king (d. 30 BC)
Ptolemy XV Caesar[b] (/ˈtɒləmi/; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Ptolemaĩos; 23 June 47 BC – August 30 BC), nicknamed Caesarion (Καισαρίων, “Little Caesar”), was the last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, reigning with his mother Cleopatra from 2 September 44 BC until her death by 12 August 30 BC, then as sole ruler until his death was ordered by Octavian (who would become the first Roman emperor as Augustus).
Caesarion was the eldest son of Cleopatra and the only known biological son of Julius Caesar, after whom he was named. He was the last sovereign member of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
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1210 – Count Floris IV of Holland (d. 1234)
Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) was the count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was born in The Hague, a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders.
Floris succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin of Bentheim. He acquired the Land of Altena. He had constant disputes with the bishop of Utrecht, Otto II of Lippe, but helped him against the peasants of Drenthe in 1227. Floris fought in the crusade against the Stedinger north of Bremen in 1234.
On 19 July 1234, he was killed at a tournament in Corbie, France. He was buried at Rijnsburg Abbey.
1242 – Beatrice of England (d. 1275)[7]
eatrice of England (25 June 1242 – 24 March 1275)[1] was a member of the House of Plantagenet, the daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.
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1399 – John, Count of Angoulême (d. 1467)
John of Orléans, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord (French: Jean d’Orléans, comte d’Angoulême, 26 June 1399 – 30 April 1467), was a younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Valentina Visconti,[1] and a grandson of Charles V of France. He was the younger brother of the noted poet, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and grandfather of Francis I of France.
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