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A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

By: Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones
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 We examine the significant events that occurred on this day in history. Get smarter about our history in less than 10 minutes per day! Presented by Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.(c) 2023 Klassic Studios Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. World
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  • Rise of Henry the Fowler: Medieval Germany's Turning Point (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)

    Rise of Henry the Fowler: Medieval Germany's Turning Point (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
    May 24 2025
    A Daily Dose of History (24 May 2025) Today's historical events: The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral. The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign. Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles. Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. One hundred-five English settlers under the leadership of Captain Christopher Newport established the colony called Jamestown at the mouth of the James River on the Virginia coast, the first permanent English colony in America. The Protestant Union is formally dissolved. Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance. The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum. The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics. John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday. The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins. South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator"). Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Joan of Arc: Captured, Tried, Burned (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

    Joan of Arc: Captured, Tried, Burned (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
    May 23 2025
    A Daily Dose of History (23 May 2025) Today's historical events: Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void. Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War. Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place. The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies. South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state. Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire. Declaration of the Báb the evening before the 23rd: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Baháʼí Faith; Baháʼís celebrate the day as a holy day. Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • Tetrarchy: Roman Empire's Division & Collapse (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

    Tetrarchy: Roman Empire's Division & Collapse (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
    May 21 2025
    A Daily Dose of History (21 May 2025) Today's historical events: Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy. Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabids after a nine-month siege. Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state. Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Dušan's Code, the constitution of the Serbian Empire, is enacted by Dušan the Mighty. Henry III of Castile sends Ruy González de Clavijo as ambassador to Timur to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur and Castile against the Ottoman Empire. Queen Mary I grants a royal charter to Derby School, as a grammar school for boys in Derby, England. In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France set out their views on how the Second Northern War should end. The Battle of Long Sault concludes after five days in which French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, are defeated by the Iroquois Confederacy. The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel. The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins

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