📅 Today in HistoryOctober 4

Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.

Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.

The Byzantine-Venetian War comes to an end.

Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang.

Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France.

The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.

The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.

Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the US state of Georgia.

Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel.

Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.