A Daily Dose of History (24 Dec 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.[citation needed]
• Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death.
• Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.
• The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo.
• Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
• A joint Venetian-Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.
• The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.[citation needed]
• The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte.
• Representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.

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