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A Daily Dose of History (05 Jun 2024)
Today's historical events:
Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno.
The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors.
The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.
Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
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A Daily Dose of History (02 Jun 2024)
Today's historical events:
Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.
London: Virginia gets new charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".
The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
Gordon Riots anti Catholic riots in London resulting in an estimated 300-700 deaths.
French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.
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A Daily Dose of History (01 Jun 2024)
Today's historical events:
Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
Residents of Riga and Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.[citation needed]
Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.
The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675-79).
The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. Both he and his horse, Vonk, drowned on his eighth attempt.
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A Daily Dose of History (31 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France.
Citing poor eyesight as a reason, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
French Revolution: The Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock, Martinique.
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
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A Daily Dose of History (30 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.
Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. The Roman Catholic Church remembers this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.
King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
Henry III becomes King of France.
The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
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A Daily Dose of History (29 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
Mongol-Jin War: The Mongols entered Kaifeng after a successful siege and began looting in the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty.
Philip VI is crowned King of France.
Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658-1659).
English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
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A Daily Dose of History (28 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops.
U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them.
The Paris Commune falls after two months.
In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
The first Isle of Man TT race is held.
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
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A Daily Dose of History (27 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed.
Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
John is crowned King of England.
Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral.
Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.
War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland.
War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
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A Daily Dose of History (26 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice Christianity.
King Edmund I of England is murdered by a thief whom he personally attacks while celebrating St Augustine's Mass Day.
King Otto I elects his six-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda.
Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in León Cathedral as Imperator totius Hispaniae (Emperor of all of Spain).
An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 23,000.
William of Ockham, the Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena, and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII.
Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence.
Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
The Battle of Ackia is fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
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A Daily Dose of History (25 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors.
Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
Charles II lands at Dover at the invitation of the Convention Parliament, which marks the end of the Cromwell-proclaimed Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and begins the Restoration of the British monarchy.
A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place.
Chuquisaca Revolution: Patriot revolt in Chuquisaca (modern-day Sucre) against the Spanish Empire, sparking the Latin American wars of independence.
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A Daily Dose of History (24 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
One hundred-five English settlers under the leadership of Captain Christopher Newport established the colony called Jamestown at the mouth of the James River on the Virginia coast, the first permanent English colony in America.
The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
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A Daily Dose of History (23 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
Declaration of the Báb the evening before the 23rd: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Baháʼí Faith; Baháʼís celebrate the day as a holy day.
Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
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A Daily Dose of History (22 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo.
King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.
Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV.
Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
Brussels massacre: Between six and twenty Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels, Belgium, for allegedly desecrating consecrated Host.
Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
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A Daily Dose of History (21 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabids after a nine-month siege.
Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state.
Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
Dušan's Code, the constitution of the Serbian Empire, is enacted by Dušan the Mighty.
Henry III of Castile sends Ruy González de Clavijo as ambassador to Timur to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur and Castile against the Ottoman Empire.
Queen Mary I grants a royal charter to Derby School, as a grammar school for boys in Derby, England.
In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France set out their views on how the Second Northern War should end.
The Battle of Long Sault concludes after five days in which French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, are defeated by the Iroquois Confederacy.
The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that killed nearly 15,000 people.
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A Daily Dose of History (20 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.
The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
While visiting the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia is taken captive and beheaded.
The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Estudio de Escuelas de Generales in Alcalá de Henares.
The Battle of Alfarrobeira is fought, establishing the House of Braganza as a principal royal family of Portugal.
John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India when he arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.
Hernando Cortes defeats Panfilo de Narvaez, sent by Spain to punish him for insubordination.
Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna.
Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
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A Daily Dose of History (19 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.
John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
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A Daily Dose of History (18 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I.
First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king two years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England.
The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch.
Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land.
Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu leads a Ming army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan.
Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.
The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
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A Daily Dose of History (17 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army.
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only 4 survive.
George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612-1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria in the Battle of Zusmarshausen.
Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France
French forces besieging Quebec retreat after the Royal Navy arrives to relieve the British garrison.
The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
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A Daily Dose of History (16 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
Having been elected on May 9, Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes king of Ava.
The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
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A Daily Dose of History (15 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility.
Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes emir of Cordova, Spain.
Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
Cape Cod sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold.
Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished.
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Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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