Rise and Fall of Emperor Pertinax (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (01 Jan 2025) Today's historical events: The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor. Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights. Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II (probable). Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor. Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris. Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers the coast of Brazil. The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese. Twenty-year-old Francis, Duke of Brittany, succeeds to the French throne following the death of his father-in-law, Louis XII. Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria as King of Croatia in the 1527 election in Cetin. Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25. The Masque of Indian and China Knights is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices