St. Lucia's Flood: Catastrophic Collapse and 50,000 Lives Lost (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Dec 14, 2023 · 7m

A Daily Dose of History (14 Dec 2023)

Today's historical events:

St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.

Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland.

The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York.

The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2.5 km (1.6 mi).

The French…