Historical Events In July - 02
Friday, 06 February 2026
0310 Pope Miltiades is elected. 

0311 In this year, St Militiades starts his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0419 Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55). 

0626 In fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and results in the deaths of his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate. On September 4, Shimin's father abdicates in his favour and Shimin is recorded as becoming Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China. 

0706 In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife and recently-deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in a new tomb complex outside Chang'an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang 

0783 Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies. 

0936 The German king Henry the Fowler dies at Memleben at age 60 after a 17-year reign in which he has created the Saxon army and founded Saxon town life 

0936 Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies. 

0963 The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea 

1029 Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) is born 

1140 Hartbert is recorded as becoming bishop of Utrecht. 

1214 Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers). 

1298 Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf and Albrecht I. 

1298 Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 

1489 Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr 

1504 Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies. 

1555 Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola 

1561 Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz 

1566 Nostradamus French astrologer/physician/prophet, dies in Salon. 

1566 Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 

1576 Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea 

1578 Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island. 

1581 Johann Staden, composer. 

1582 Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide. 

1589 Guillaume van Messaus, composer 

1600 Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army 

1613 The inaugural English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall. 

1619 Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies. 

1621 Thomas Harriot, English astronomer 

1636 Daniel Speer, composer. 

1644 Battle of Marston Moor; Parliamentary forces defeat royalists. 

1644 William Gascoigne introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 

1644 Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists. 

1644 Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], German court vicar 

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