A Daily Dose of History (21 Jun 2023)

Today's historical events:

• A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date).
• Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
• Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
• Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
• In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
• Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
• James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
• New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
• Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.

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