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

Crusaders vs. Seljuks: Lessons in Military Expertise (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

8 min • 21 oktober 2023

A Daily Dose of History (21 Oct 2023)

Today's historical events:

  • A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade.
  • First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
  • Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
  • Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as the Strait of Magellan.
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
  • In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
  • Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • Portland cement is patented.
  • Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.

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