A Daily Dose of History (19 Jun 2023) Today's historical events:

• The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.
• The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
• The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
• At least 73,000 people died in the 1718 Tongwei-Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty.
• New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reigns. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
• War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.
• Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
• Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
• The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired.
• Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
• The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States.
• Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
• The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.

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