A Daily Dose of History (30 Sep 2023)
Today's historical events:
- Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.
- Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
- Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
- France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.
- Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
- Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
- The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
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