0 15 August 1281 The Mongol invasions of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1261 Michael VIII Palaiologos leads a triumphal procession into Constantinople following its recapture and is crowned Byzantine emperor 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1237 The Battle of the Puig between the Moorish forces of Taifa of Valencia against the Crown of Aragon culminates in an Aragonese victory. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1224 The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, a Catholic military order, occupy Tarbatu (today Tartu) as part of the Livonian Crusade 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1070 The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1057 King Macbeth of Scotland is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1018 Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 982 Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 927 The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 838 The Arabs under Caliph al-Mu'tasim storm and sack the city of Amorium, killing half the population and enslaving the other 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 778 The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 747 Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother, Pepin the Short, becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 718 The Arabs abandon the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople due to failure to secure enough supplies, defeat of their relief army by the Byzantines and an outbreak of plague in the camp 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 717 Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 636 The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1916 Private Lawrence Huffam (723) 48 Bn Australian Infantry died of wounds and was buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension. Lawrence is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
0 15 August 1915 Private Joseph Percy Clarke (12258) 2 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and buried in Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery. Joseph is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
0 15 August 1917 Private Thomas Purtill (82311) Machine Gun Corps was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate. Thomas is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
0 15 August 1917 Gunner Walter Scowcroft (736108) Royal Field Artillery was killed in action and was buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery. Walter is also remembered on the Bredbury & Romiley War Memorial 0 comments · 18h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
16 August 1917 A German trench mortar section marching past Admiral Ludwig von Schroeder (with grey beard) at the Town Hall at Bruges. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
4 14 August 1916 Robert Beckh writes ‘A Song and a Smile’ It would be the last thing he wrote. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
0 14 August 1914 Siegfried Sassoon reports to the Drill Hall in Lewes, East Sussex for his Army physical. Doctors confirm his good health and he signs a Territorial Force Attestation, committing him to four years’ service. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
1 14 August 1917 Ivor Gurney sends a second draft of ‘Camps’ to Marion Scott Out of the line we rest in villages Quiet indeed, where heal the spirit’s scars. But even so, lapped deep in sunshine and ease, We are haunted for ever by the shapes of wars 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
0 14 August 1918 Column of German prisoners with British escort on the road at Villers-Bretonneux. IWM Q80020 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
0 14 August 1987 Can’t Buy Me Love starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson debuted Patrick Dempsey's unforgettable “African Anteater Dance” became one of the film's most memorable moments and was largely his own creation. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
