QUOTE OF THE DAY

Philip V of Macedon, still resenting Rome’ interference in Illyrian politics, seizes his opportunity to invade Illyria. Ambassadors from Philip V visit Hannibal at his headquarters in Italy. These actions mark the beginning of the First Macedonian War between Rome and Macedonia.

August, Greece, By place

TODAY IN

1240

Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.

BIRTH TODAY IN

1637

Edmund Andros

English courtier and politician 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)