A Daily Dose of History (04 Aug 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Goguryeo-Sui War: Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea) during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.
• Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
• First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
• Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
• Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
• War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
• Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people (Tenmei eruption). The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
• France: abolition of feudalism by the National Constituent Assembly.
• A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
• French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
• The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.

Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas

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