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Founding the Ottonian Dynasty: Henry the Fowler's Rise (+ 14 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (24 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first…
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