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335 – Flavius Dalmatius is elevated to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, Emperor Constantine I. 634 – Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire. 1356 – At the Battle of Poitiers, an English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince, defeats a French army and captures…

1066 – Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands with Tostig Godwinson at the mouth of the Humber River thereby commencing his invasion of England. 1454 – During the Thirteen Years’ War, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army at the Battle of Chojnice. 1739 – The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes…