A Daily Dose of History (10 May 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king.
• Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
• Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
• King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
• Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
• Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
• American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• War of the First Coalition: Napoleon wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
• First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
• The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
• A revolt broke out in southern Vietnam against Emperor Minh Mang, who had desecrated the deceased mandarin Le Van Duyet.
• Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.

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