A Daily Dose of History (23 Jul 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
• A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios.
• Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
• Scanian War: Denmark-Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
• Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
• Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony.
• While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Asia Minor's coasts.
• In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
• The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
• American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
• Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
• The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• Pressed by expanding immigration, Canada closes its doors to paupers and criminals.
• The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.

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