A Daily Dose of History (03 Mar 2025) Today's historical events:

• Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
• Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
• The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
• American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
• American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
• The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
• Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
• The Territory of Minnesota is created.
• The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
• Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
• Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.

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