📅 On this day in 1060:

Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.

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📅 On this day in 1745:

Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

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📅 On this day in 1534:

The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.

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📅 On this day in 1492:

After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola.

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📅 On this day in 1240:

Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.

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Bolivar

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