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Alfonso IV: King of Portugal's Reign (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (07 Jan 2025)
Today's historical events:
Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.
French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops…
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