The Battle of Mühlberg: Turning Point in Protestant Reformation (+ 14 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (24 Apr 2024)

Today's historical events:

Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.

Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.

The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.

French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris.

The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs…

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