A Daily Dose of History (20 Sep 2024)

Today's historical events:

• At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
• Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
• The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.
• Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.
• The Nankai tsunami washes away the building housing the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in. It has been outside since then.
• Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminated in the first circumnavigation the globe.
• The Dutch town of Grave held by the Spanish, capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army under the command of Maurice of Orange.
• The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War.
• The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km2) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
• French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
• The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil.
• Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
• The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.

Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas

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