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Betrayal at Nyköping Castle: Swedish Royal Tragedy (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (10 Dec 2024)
Today's historical events:
The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having…
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