A Daily Dose of History (09 Dec 2023)

Today's historical events:

• Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flees the capital.
• The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
• Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
• Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio following the Siege of Béxar.
• The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.
• The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
• American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by Congress.
• In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African American governor of a U.S. state following the impeachment of Henry C. Warmoth.
• In France, a law separating church and state is passed.

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