A Daily Dose of History (21 Aug 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
• Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin-Song Wars.
• Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against Saladin. The uprising is defeated after two days, consolidating Saladin's position as master of Egypt.
• Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Sei-i Taishōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenkyū (建久) era).
• King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
• Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Conquest of Ceuta.
• Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
• The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
• Seventh Ottoman-Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
• James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
• King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.

Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas

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