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On June 22, -217: Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
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Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
The Battle of Raphia was fought on 22 June 217 BC near modern Rafah between the forces of Ptolemy IV Philopator, king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire during the Syrian Wars. It was one of the largest battles of the Hellenistic kingdoms and of the ancient world, and determined the sovereignty of Coele-Syria.
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-217 Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Battle of the Syrian Wars (217 BC)
The Battle of Raphia was fought on 22 June 217 BC near modern Rafah between the forces of Ptolemy IV Philopator, king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire during the Syrian Wars. It was one of the largest battles of the Hellenistic kingdoms and of the ancient world, and determined the sovereignty of Coele-Syria.
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-168 Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending the Third Macedonian War. Battle of the Third Macedonian War in 168 BC
The Battle of Pydna took place in 168 BC between Rome and Macedon during the Third Macedonian War. The battle saw the further ascendancy of Rome in the Hellenistic world and the end of the Antigonid line of kings, whose power traced back to Alexander the Great's Diadochi Antigonus Monophthalmus. The battle is also considered to be a victory of the Roman legion's manipular system's flexibility over the Antigonid Macedonian phalanx's rigidity.
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431 The Council of Ephesus, the third ecumenical council, begins, dealing with Nestorianism. Ecumenical council in Ephesus in 431, convened by Emperor Theodosius II
The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus in AD 431 by the Roman emperor Theodosius II. This third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom, confirmed the original Nicene Creed, and condemned the teachings of Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, who preferred that the Virgin Mary be called Christotokos, "Christ-bearer" over Theotokos, "God-bearer"; in contrast to Cyril of Alexandria who deemed that Theotokos is enough on its own. It met from 22 June to 31 July 431 at the Church of Mary in Ephesus in Anatolia.
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813 Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars led by Krum defeat the Byzantine army near Edirne. Emperor Michael I is forced to abdicate in favor of Leo V the Armenian. Part of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
Bulgarian Battle of Versinikia was a battle fought in 813 AD between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire, near the city of Adrianople (Edirne), in modern-day Turkey.
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910 The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army near the Rednitz River, killing its leader Gebhard, Duke of Lotharingia (Lorraine). Ethnic group
Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an ethnic group native to Hungary, who share a common culture, language, history and ancestry. They also have a notable presence in former parts of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Hungarian language belongs to the Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, alongside the Khanty and Mansi languages.
- 1527 Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
- 1593 Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Ottomans.
- 1633 The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
- 1774 The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
- 1783 A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
- 1793 Haitian Revolution: The Battle of Cap-Français ends with French Republican troops and black slave insurgents capturing the city.
- 1807 In the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
- 1812 France declares war on Russia, starting Napoleon's invasion.
- 1813 War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a thirty kilometres (19 mi) journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
- 1839 Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
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- 1870 The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
- 1893 The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
- 1897 British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
- 1898 Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26 km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
- 1907 The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- 1911 George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1911 Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
- 1918 The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
- 1922 British Army Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is killed by the Irish Republican Army helping to spark the Irish Civil War.
- 1940 World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
- 1941 World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
- 1942 World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
- 1942 The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by U.S. Congress.
- 1944 World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
- 1944 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
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Holidays on June 22
- Christian feast day: Aaron of Aleth
- Christian feast day: Alban, first recorded Martyr in Britain (commemoration, Anglicanism)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Pope Innocent V
- Christian feast day: Eusebius of Samosata (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: John Fisher (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Nicetas of Remesiana
- Christian feast day: Paulinus of Nola
- Christian feast day: Thomas More (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: June 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia)
- Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
- Father's Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey)
- Teachers' Day (El Salvador)
- Windrush Day (UK)
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