Pompeii's Devastating Earthquake: A Prelude to Destruction (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones
February 5, 20247m 19s
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A Daily Dose of History (05 Feb 2024)
Today's historical events:
- Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
- An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang Dynasty, declares himself emperor and establishes the state of Yan.
- Idris I reaches Volubilis and founds the Idrisid dynasty, marking the secession of Morocco from the Abbasid caliphate and founding the first Moroccan state.
- A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
- South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
- In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
- HMS Blenheim and HMS Java disappear off the coast of Rodrigues.
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