A Daily Dose of History (26 Sep 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
• William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
• The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
• Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
• Serbian-Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.
• Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
• Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.
• Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
• The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
• American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
• War of the 2nd Coalition: Franco-Swiss troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.
• A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.

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