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Earliest Mention of Lithuania in Quedlinburg Annals (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (09 Mar 2024)
Today's historical events:
First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494.
Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.
After a campaign by the writer Voltaire…
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