Emperor Suzaku's Abdication: A Historic Transition (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (16 May 2025) Today's historical events: Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. Having been elected on May 9, Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes king of Ava. The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England. Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines. The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army. The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France. The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera. Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices