A Daily Dose of History (24 Jan 2025)

Today's historical events:

• Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
• The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.
• Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.
• King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.
• Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.
• King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
• During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
• Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
• California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.

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