On today's date in 1476: Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time. #history #grownostr
Today In History
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What happened today in history
On today's date in 1493: Ottoman wars in Europe: A large Croatian army intercepted Ottoman forces returning to the Sanjak of Bosnia, but was defeated. 
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On today's date in 476: Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1346: At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2011: A 5.8 MW earthquake struck the Piedmont region of Virginia, and was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1331: King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1083: Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric celebrated as a National Day in Hungary. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 14: Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards under mysterious circumstances while in exile. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 917: Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Bulgarian forces led by Tsar Simeon I drove the Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive victory at the Battle of Achelous. 
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On today's date in 2003: A Hamas suicide bomber killed 23 people and wounded more than 130 others, including many Orthodox Jewish children, on a crowded public bus in Shmuel HaNavi, Jerusalem. 
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On today's date in 1153: Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1592: The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1897: Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed. 
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On today's date in 1861: Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1492: All remaining Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1148: The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1540: Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 811: Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1927: Wilfred Rhodes (pictured) of England and Yorkshire became the only person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches. 
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On today's date in 1936: Nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War. 
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