Pope Honorius I: Excommunicated for Heresy (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (16 Sep 2024) Today's historical events: Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. A determined band of 35 religious dissenters - Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower, jubilant at the prospect of practicing their unorthodox brand of worship in the New World. James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland. In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants. American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain. Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily. Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. The General Motors Corporation is founded. 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