📅 Today in HistoryJune 19

The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.

Byzantine forces loyal to emperor Basil II under Bardas Phokas the Younger defeat rebel forces under Bardas Skleros in the battle of Pankaleia (approximate date).

The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.

The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.

English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.

At least 73,000 people died in the 1718 Tongwei-Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty.

The Boston King's Chapel adopts James Freeman's revised prayer book, without the Nicene Creed, establishing it as the first Unitarian congregation in the United States.

War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.

The Carlton House Fête is held in London to celebrate the establishment of the Regency era.

Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.