A Daily Dose of History (12 Jan 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.
• Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
• The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
• The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
• The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
• Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
• The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.

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