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

1506: Birth of Swiss Guard - Vatican's Iconic Protectors (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

8 min • 22 januari 2024

A Daily Dose of History (22 Jan 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
  • The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya.
  • The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Myanmar.
  • The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
  • The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
  • The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
  • Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.
  • The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
  • The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.

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