Today in History - July 1

251 – Battle of Abrittus: The Goths defeat emperor Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus on swampy ground in the Dobrudja (Moesia).

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1690 – Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).

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