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

Córdoba's Caliphate: Rise, Influence & Legacy (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)

7 min • 16 januari 2024

A Daily Dose of History (16 Jan 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III establishes the Caliphate of Córdoba.
  • Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.
  • Bigod's Rebellion, an armed insurrection attempting to resist the English Reformation, begins.
  • Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
  • Philip II becomes King of Spain.
  • Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried and found guilty of treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
  • The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
  • The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.

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