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Royal Intrigue: Adosinda's Monastery Imprisonment (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (26 Nov 2024)
Today's historical events:
The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin-Song Wars.
Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the…
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