A Daily Dose of History (28 Nov 2023)

Today's historical events:

• Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
• Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.
• Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
• Champa-Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa.
• An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan.
• In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 (equivalent to £11,783 in 2020) bond for their marriage licence.
• The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
• At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
• At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter insurgents led by James Wallace of Auchens in the Battle of Rullion Green.
• The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

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