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

Da Gama's Second Voyage: Paving the Way for European Trade (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

10 min • 12 februari 2024

A Daily Dose of History (12 Feb 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • Vasco da Gama with 15 ships and 800 men sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
  • Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
  • Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
  • The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
  • Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
  • Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
  • An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
  • Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
  • Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
  • Michigan State University is established.
  • Antonín Dvořák's Jakobín is premiered at National Theater in Prague

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