• General
    • Home
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Sitemap
  • Photographs
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
  • Literature
    • Poems
  • News
    • Announcements
    • Charity
    • Legal
    • Medicine
    • Politics
  • Education
    • Code Samples
      • Basic
      • Simple
      • Intermediate
      • Advanced
      • Tips
    • History
    • Literature
    • Quotes
    • Videos
    • Vocabulary
  • Entertainment
    • Art
    • Humor
    • Photos
    • Video
  • Technology
    • Software
      • Support
      • Tweaks
    • Company
    • Science
    • Security
Major Mike

Knowledge is Power - Share the Power

Roman Empire

Today in History 08/09 (Battle of Adrianople)

August 9, 2018 by GµårÐïåñ
Drawing depicting Roman Emperor Valens circa 376 (© ullstein bild/Getty Images)(378) Romans fail to crush a Goth rebellion in the east
Thousands of soldiers mass near Adrianople in present-day Turkey to fight a battle some historians will later cite as the beginning of the end of the Western Roman Empire. Hoping to crush a Visigoth rebellion in his Eastern Empire, Roman Emperor Valens is instead killed and his army is decimated by Goth horsemen.
The Battle of Adrianople, sometimes known as the Battle of Hadrianopolis, was fought between an Eastern Roman army led by the Eastern Roman Emperor Valens and Gothic rebels led by Fritigern. The battle took place about 13 km north of Adrianople in the Roman province of Thracia. It ended with an overwhelming victory for the Goths and the death of Emperor Valens.
Date: 378 AD

Battle of Adrianople 378 AD
Map of the battle, according to the History Department of the US Military Academy
wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople
4.13.j18

(378) Romans fail to crush a Goth rebellion in the east.
Also on this day,

1854 | Thoreau’s meditation on man and nature is published
Two years of living on the shores of Massachusetts’ Walden Pond have borne literary fruit as Henry David Thoreau’s memoir of his secluded time there is published. ‘Walden’ will sell well, and remain a seminal work of early environmentalism and a celebration of the individual’s spirit.
1945 | A-bomb hits Nagasaki as second nuclear military target
Three days after Hiroshima was destroyed by the first nuclear weapon strike in history, Nagasaki, Japan, is hit by an atomic blast dropped from a US bomber. Upwards of 39,000 people are immediately killed as the city is leveled, and Japan will surrender less than week later, ending World War II.
1969 | Five are found murdered at Sharon Tate’s L.A. home
Pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others are discovered dead in Los Angeles at the Benedict Canyon hillside home she shares with her husband, film director Roman Polanski. The murders will be traced back to Charles Manson and members of his cult, known as ‘The Manson Family.’

Today in History 08/09/17

Remains of a temple after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 (© Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)(1945) Nagasaki is second nuclear military target
Three days after Hiroshima was destroyed by the first nuclear weapon strike in history, Nagasaki, Japan, is hit by an atomic blast dropped from a US bomber. Upwards of 39,000 people are immediately killed as the city is leveled, and Japan will surrender less than week later, ending World War II.
During the final stage of World War II, the United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The United States had dropped the bombs with the consent of the United Kingdom as outlined in the Quebec Agreement. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history.
Start date: Aug 06, 1945
End date: Aug 09, 1945

wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
4.4.j17


Posted in: History Tagged: 1854, 1945, 1969, 378, Battle of Adrianople, Charles Manson, David Thoreau, history, Japan, Nagasaki, Roman Empire, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, Walden, World War II

Show Your Support – We Don’t Believe in Disruptive Ads

Donate in one of two ways :
(BitCoin - preferred)
1BTshbqMSx5AHrDFLEa1YdPAy5EFzRSjr9
(PayPal)
January 2021
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Apr    

Semper Fidelis

Always Faithful, Always Forward
United States Marine Corp

Places to find me:

StackExchange profile for GµårÐïåñ at StackExchange

CodeProject

Twitter : verified ➠Follow

GitHub ➠Follow @GuardianMajor

ello ➠

deviantArt profile for GµårÐïåñ on deviantArt

Facebook i have made a personal choice after their "name policy" witch hunt which repeats every 2 years it seems at the whim of the "bully mob" (even when they make you jump through hoops and verify you), to just quit it and be done with it, they are not worth my time. I don't need it, I don't miss it, in fact it has made my life more productive and void of gross hate, vitriol and drivel. To those who say they can't stay in touch if I am not on there, if you can't reach me because I am not on Facebook, then you are not trying AT ALL - therefore, good riddance.

Scribd profile for GµårÐïåñ on Scribd

NoScript/FLashGot (Informaction) profile for GµårÐïåñ on Informaction Forums

Subjects

1937 Germany 1976 1950 1986 1949 1943 1919 1965 1983 1985 1971 code 1990 1958 1977 daily pic 1964 1859 1979 1975 1947 national park 1901 1963 1933 memorial 1942 1898 1967 1935 1959 1939 Soviet Union 1776 1915 1978 1953 1984 1908 1966 1956 United States 1917 1922 1954 1863 1993 1980 1914 NASA 1945 2000 1916 has_video has_audio 1846 1952 1944 1789 1865 1938 1989 annual 1981 1889 1974 1960 1968 1982 England event 1946 1941 1998 1902 1870 1972 1918 1948 1962 1951 1851 1812 1973 1934 vocabulary 1994 1991 1955 1969 1957 1940 holiday 1961 1995 New York 1970 history 1911

Archives

Access Options

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • ∞ Guardian International
🎔
Brought to You
by Guardian International

Copyright © 2007-2021 Major Mike | Privacy Policy | DMCA | Contact | About
fortitudo fortis defendit

McAfee SecureNorton by SymantecVirusTotal