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

Battle of al-Qādisiyyah: Turning Point in History (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

9 min • 19 november 2023

A Daily Dose of History (19 Nov 2023)

Today's historical events:

  • The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in Iraq.
  • Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island called Borinquen he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed again Puerto Rico).
  • The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.
  • The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (present-day Belize).
  • Finnish War: The Convention of Olkijoki in Raahe ends hostilities in Finland.
  • Warsaw University is established.
  • The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened.
  • American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  • A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
  • Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

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