A Daily Dose of History (25 Mar 2026)

Today's historical events:

Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967. Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII. Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government. Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland). The Council of Pisa convenes, in...