Antipope Leo VIII: The Schism of 963 (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

Antipope Leo VIII: The Schism of 963 (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

Author: Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones December 6, 2024 Duration: 8:41
A Daily Dose of History (06 Dec 2024) Today's historical events: Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome. Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. After exploring island of Cuba for gold, surmising it for Japan, Columbus lands on island similar to Castile, naming it Hispaniola. The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge". Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army. Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising. The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint-Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution. Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 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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