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King Béla I: Hungary's Turning Point (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (06 Dec 2023)
Today's historical events:
Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
After exploring island of Cuba for gold, surmising it for Japan, Columbus lands on island similar to Castile, naming it Hispaniola.
The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead…
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