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

Vandal Sack of Rome: Devastating Plunder (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

9 min • 2 juni 2023

A Daily Dose of History (02 Jun 2023)

Today's historical events:

  • Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
  • First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.
  • London: Virginia gets new charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".
  • The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
  • Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
  • Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
  • Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • Gordon Riots anti Catholic riots in London resulting in an estimated 300-700 deaths.
  • French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
  • The Slavic congress in Prague begins.

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