A Daily Dose of History (25 Jan 2024)

Today's historical events:

• After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
• Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
• Coronation of Francis I of France takes place at Reims Cathedral, where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of Charlemagne.
• Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
• São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests.
• Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
• Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
• Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
• Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.

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