A Daily Dose of History (15 Oct 2023)

Today's historical events:

• Battle of the Rhyndacus: The Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris.
• Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.
• The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
• Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason.
• Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
• American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
• The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
• World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.

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