Pisa's Naval Defeat: Battle of Meloria & Genoa's Rise (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Aug 6, 2023 · 9m

A Daily Dose of History (06 Aug 2023)

Today's historical events:

The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.

Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.

Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved…