Ragusa: Rise of a Maritime Power (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (27 Jun 2024) Today's historical events:

• The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
• Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
• Americo Vespucci, on Spanish financed trip, sights coast south of Cape Cassipore.
• The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
• In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
• Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
• British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
• Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
• American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.

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