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Guo Wei: Rise to Power in Later Zhou Dynasty (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (11 Feb 2025)
Today's historical events:
Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.
Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.
Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.
The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is…
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