A Daily Dose of History (07 Jul 2023)

Today's historical events:

• Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
• Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
• An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
• The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
• As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
• The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition.

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