Columbus' Voyage: From La Gomera to the Americas (+ 5 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones
September 6, 20235m 57s
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A Daily Dose of History (06 Sep 2023)
Today's historical events:
- Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
- The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.
- Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
- England's Long Parliament bans public stage-plays.
- British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
- American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
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