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

Second Council of Constantinople: Shaping Christian Doctrine (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

9 min • 5 maj 2024

A Daily Dose of History (05 May 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
  • Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
  • On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at Discovery Bay and declares Jamaica the property of the Spanish crown.
  • Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
  • King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
  • Cromwell's Act of Grace, aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in Edinburgh.
  • Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
  • In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
  • Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
  • Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
  • Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.

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