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Maya King's Military Triumph: Sacking Palenque (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (04 Apr 2025)
Today's historical events:
Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.
A five-year Byzantine-Venetian peace treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
Death of the Venetian Doge Tommaso Mocenigo, under whose rule victories were achieved against the Kingdom of Hungary and against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Gallipoli (1416).
Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia…
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