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On February 27th, ca. 273 AD, the future emperor #Constantine the Great was born in Naissus (Serbia). One of the most compelling events of his life was his conversion to #Christianity which is discussed in @AncientHistMag 27 “Learning how to be Christian”: https://t.co/QkpIbMr7pD

#otd in 1266 the forces of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily clashed at Benevento resulting in a victory for the French. By 1282 Charles’ “reign of terror” resulted in the War of the Sicilian Vespers which lasted 10 years. Read more in @MedWarMag VI.2 https://t.co/f59GCSFF6C

#otd in 1673, the famous Dutch Admiral Michiel de #Ruyter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Admiral General by Stadtholder William III. That same year, De Ruyter warded off three attacks of a combined English-French fleet amongst others during the Battle of #Kijkduin

On the 8th of February, 1250, the Crusaders led by King Louis IX of France prepared for battle at al-Mansurah in Egypt. The goal of the Seventh Crusade was to defeat the Ayyubid forces and recapture Jerusalem. Read all about it in @MedWarMag VIII.6: https://t.co/TnUHfWUT8c

On 30 November 1718, King Charles XII of Sweden died. Charles assumed the throne at the age of 15 and won multiple victories against the triple alliance of Denmark–Norway, Saxony–Poland–Lithuania and Russia, amongst others #otd during the Battle of #Narva
https://t.co/SrDC6CoGIf

On the 13th of November 1621, the remains of Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, Grand Duke of #Alba, were interred into a grand mausoleum in the crypt of Salamanca’s Dominican church, 39 years after his death. Learn more about the “Iron Duke”: https://t.co/c1hdP2hIfK

#otd in 39 BC, Octavian divorced his wife Scribonia who had just given birth to a daughter and married Livia Drusilla who was pregnant with her former husband’s child. How was such a case and divorce in general perceived in Roman society? https://t.co/YeOBW6AVgT @AncientHistMag