Conquest of Tenochtitlán: Clash of Empires (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Nov 8, 2023 · 7m

A Daily Dose of History (08 Nov 2023)

Today's historical events:

Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.

Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people mostly noblemen.

Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.

The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.

Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.

Japanese daimyō Dom Justo…