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📅 On this day in 1766:

Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.

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📅 On this day in 1616:

Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.

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📅 On this day in 1496:

King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.

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📅 On this day in 1279:

The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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📅 On this day in 1046:

Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.

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📅 On this day in 363:

Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.

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Animal Tonic, 1st single, Without Ever Saying His Name
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