A Daily Dose of History (02 Jan 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
• American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
• Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
• The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
• Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.

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