A Daily Dose of History (30 Jan 2025)

Today's historical events:

• Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
• King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
• An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
• Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
• Charles I of England is executed in Whitehall, London.
• Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
• The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
• Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
• The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
• Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.

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