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Papal Power Struggles: Sergius III's Controversial Reign (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (29 Jan 2024)
Today's historical events:
Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
"The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
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