EPISODE · Nov 8, 2023 · 7 MIN
Conquest of Tenochtitlán: Clash of Empires (+ 7 more historical events on this day!)
from A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · host Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones
A Daily Dose of History (08 Nov 2023) Today's historical events: Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration. Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people mostly noblemen. Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation. The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public. Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed. Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian. The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours. The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China. 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
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