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

Constantine's Vision: Consecration of Constantinople (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)

7 min • 11 maj 2024

A Daily Dose of History (11 May 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • Constantinople is consecrated.
  • A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.
  • War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army.
  • Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
  • Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
  • William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
  • President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War.
  • Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.

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