A Daily Dose of History (14 Feb 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.
• Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico.
• Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate at Whitehall Palace, London.
• The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655.
• The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.

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