TWiH: October 9-13, 2023

This week in History

Monday: on October 9, 1000

Vinland is reached by Leif Erikson, becoming the first known European to reach North America. BItH Unit 10, Section 30: First Visitors to the Americas

Tuesday: on October 10, 1813

Giuseppe Verdi, renowned composer of Romantic Era operas, was born. BItH Unit 20, Section 59: Romanticism

Wednesday: on October 11, 1899

The Second Boer War began when the Transvaal and Orange Free State declared war on Britain. BItH Unit 24, Peoples XXIV: South Africans

Thursday: on October 12, 539 BCE

Cyrus the Great invaded and conquered Babylon, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire. BItH Unit 6, Section 17: Invasion and Conquest

Friday: on October 13, 1307

All Knights Templar in France were arrested and given to the inquisition, charged with heresy. BI tH Unit 21, Section 61: Holy Inquisitions

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