On today's date in 1071: The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1071: The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1955: Pather Panchali, the first film in The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, was released and went on to win many Indian and international film awards. 
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On today's date in 1258: George Mouzalon, the regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by nobles under the future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1609: Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1630: Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1630: Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1875: Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes. 
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On today's date in 1215: Pope Innocent III issues a bull declaring Magna Carta invalid. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1482: The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1942: World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victory. 
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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 476: Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops. #history #grownostr
On today's date in -20: Ludi Volcanalici are held within the temple precinct of Vulcan, and used by Augustus to mark the treaty with Parthia and the return of the legionary standards that had been lost at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC.[citation needed] #history #grownostr
On today's date in 851: Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1943: Ian Stephens, editor of The Statesman, defied British censorship to publish pictures of death and misery (example pictured) on Calcutta's streets, informing the world of the Bengal famine of 1943. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1639: Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1914: First World War: German forces captured Rossignol in Belgium, taking more than 3,800 French prisoners. 
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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 1169: Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against Saladin. The uprising is defeated after two days, consolidating Saladin's position as master of Egypt. #history #grownostr