TWiH: November 13-17, 2023

This week in History

Monday: on November 13, 1460

Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal died. BItH Unit 17, Peoples XVII: Portuguese

Tuesday: on November 14, 2022

Evidence of fire being used 780,000 years ago to cook fish was found in fish in Israel was published. BItH Unit 2, Section 6: Inventions and Innovators

Wednesday: on November 15, 1533

Spanish Explorer Francisco Pizarro reached the Inca capital of Cuzco. BItH Unit 11, Section 32: South American Architects

Thursday: on November 16, 534

Second and final version of the Code of Justinian was published. BItH Unit 12, Peoples XII: Byzantines

Friday: on November 17, 1796

Empress Catherine II, the Great, of Russia died. BItH Unit 26, Peoples XXVI: Russians

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