Avitus' Gallic Army: Rome's Consolidation & Power Struggles (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (21 Sep 2023) Today's historical events: Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders. Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day. The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War. A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point. French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy. The crew of schooner Ancud, including John Williams Wilson, takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government. Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao. Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China. A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices