A Daily Dose of History (31 Oct 2024) Today's historical events:

• Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
• Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.
• Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar. Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen to succeed him.
• Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
• Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.
• The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
• Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
• The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• The Parliament of Finland approved the Prohibition Act, but the law was not implemented because it was not ratified by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
• Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.

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