A Daily Dose of History (15 Oct 2024) Today's historical events:

• Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later.
• Battle of the Rhyndacus: The Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris.
• The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion.
• Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.
• The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
• Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason.
• The Viceroy the Río de la Plata, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, opens the port of Buenos Aires to trade with nations other than Spain.
• Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
• American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.

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