Elizabeth I: England's Golden Age Queen (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Jan 15, 2024 · 8m

A Daily Dose of History (15 Jan 2024)

Today's historical events:

Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The British Museum opens to the public.

American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.

Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.

War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of…