A Daily Dose of History (22 Aug 2023)

Today's historical events:

• Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
• The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
• Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
• Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
• Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
• Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
• Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
• James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
• British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.

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