A Daily Dose of History (04 Dec 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
• The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon.
• Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
• The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)
• Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
• The Royal Danish Army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish Army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War.
• Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
• At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
• Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
• In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.
• The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

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