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

Papal Controversies: Sergius III's Reign (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

10 min • 29 januari 2025

A Daily Dose of History (29 Jan 2025)

Today's historical events:

  • Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
  • Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
  • War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
  • Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
  • "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
  • Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
  • Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
  • The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
  • Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
  • Liliʻuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.

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