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

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 four British frigates. A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light. Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly. American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy. Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses. 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