📅 Today in HistoryJuly 22

Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.

First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.

A coalition of north-east German towns, counts and princes defeats king Valdemar II of Denmark in the battle of Bornhöved.

Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.

St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.

Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War.

Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire.

Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.

Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.