TWiH: December 25-29, 2023

This week in History

Monday: on December 25, 1066

William the Conqueror was crowned the King of England. BItH Unit 14, Peoples XIV: Normans

Tuesday: on December 26, 1492

The first Spanish settlement in the Americas, La Navidad, was established by Christopher Columbus. BItH Unit 17, Section 50: Crossing the Atlantic

Wednesday: on December 27, 1918

The Greater Poland uprising began in protest of German rule. BItH Unit 29, Peoples XXIX: Poles

Thursday: on December 28, 1065

Westminster Abbey in London was consecrated by Edward the Confessor as a royal burial church. BItH Unit 14, Section 41: Castles and Abbeys

Friday: on December 29, 1835

The Treaty of New Echota is signed by Cherokee representatives ceding all their lands east of the Mississippi River. BItH Unit 25, Section 74: Forced Migration

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