Maya King Uneh Chan's Conquest: Turning Point (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

Maya King Uneh Chan's Conquest: Turning Point (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

Author: Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones April 4, 2026 Duration: 6:25
A Daily Dose of History (04 Apr 2026) Today's historical events: Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico. King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months. A five-year Byzantine-Venetian peace treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. Death of the Venetian Doge Tommaso Mocenigo, under whose rule victories were achieved against the Kingdom of Hungary and against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Gallipoli (1416). Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world. Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia. Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists and opponents of the monarchy for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture. Napoleon abdicates (conditionally) for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French, followed by unconditional abdication two days later. 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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