A Daily Dose of History (18 Aug 2023)

Today's historical events:

• The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
• The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
• Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
• John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
• The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
• Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
• A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.

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