Thorn Peace: Ending Polish-Teutonic War (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones
February 1, 20248m 39s
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A Daily Dose of History (01 Feb 2024)
Today's historical events:
- The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
- The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
- The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
- French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
- Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
- Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
- The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
- Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
- Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
- La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
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