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Nero's Unhappy Marriage & Political Maneuvering (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (09 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
The Parisian Faculty of Theology fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.
Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River.
Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the…
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