A Daily Dose of History (19 Oct 2024) Today's historical events:

• The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
• King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.
• The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
• Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
• The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
• Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
• Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
• James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
• The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities
• New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
• American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
• John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

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