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Du Fu's Return: Restoring Order in Tang Dynasty (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (08 Dec 2023)
Today's historical events:
Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.
Louis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald) is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at Compiègne.
The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War.
A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the…
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