Theodosius I: Christianity's Rise in Rome (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones
November 24, 20237m 53s
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A Daily Dose of History (24 Nov 2023)
Today's historical events:
- Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
- Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem.
- Gąsawa massacre: At an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa, Polish Prince Leszek the White, Duke Henry the Bearded and others are attacked by assassins while bathing.
- Peter I of Cyprus ascends the throne of Cyprus after his father, Hugh IV of Cyprus, abdicates.
- Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
- Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.
- Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
- The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).
- Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
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