A Daily Dose of History (21 Apr 2026)

Today's historical events:

• The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II
• The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.
• Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
• The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
• The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
• The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
• John Adams sworn in as 1st US Vice President (nine days before George Washington)
• Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
• Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants.
• Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.
• Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.

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