A Daily Dose of History (20 Oct 2023) Today's historical events:

• The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.
• Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
• France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
• American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress.
• The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
• The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
• The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada-United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
• Greek War of Independence: In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
• Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
• Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
• The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
• World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
• World War II: The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.

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