A Daily Dose of History (17 Oct 2024)

Today's historical events:

• The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years.
• An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the Second Battle of Kosovo.
• The University of Greifswald is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe.
• Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
• Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
• French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
• The nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.

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