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Winwaed: Penda vs Oswiu - Shift in Power (+ 14 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (15 Nov 2024)
Today's historical events:
Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morgarten.
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Incan Emperor Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging for a meeting in the city plaza the following day.
Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
Rákóczi's War of…
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