Nyköping Banquet: King's Treachery & Swedish Turmoil (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

Nyköping Banquet: King's Treachery & Swedish Turmoil (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

Author: Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones December 10, 2023 Duration: 9:49
A Daily Dose of History (10 Dec 2023) Today's historical events: The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle. The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice. Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate. Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII. Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy. The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter. Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley. The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published. Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state. Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance. American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia. Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria. 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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