A Daily Dose of History (13 Mar 2026)

Today's historical events:

• The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh.
• At the Battle of Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.
• Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
• Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
• The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
• William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
• A French and Italian fleet is defeated by a British squadron off the island of Vis in the Adriatic during the Napoleonic Wars.
• Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
• Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
• The German revolutions of 1848-1849 begin in Vienna.
• The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.

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