A Daily Dose of History (16 Sep 2023) Today's historical events:
- 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.
- American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
- With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
- The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
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