On today's date in 1778: American Revolutionary War: British forces and their Iroquois allies attacked a fort and the village of Cherry Valley, New York, killing 14 soldiers and 30 civilians. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1293: Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking the throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1444: Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Władysław III of Varna) are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1871: Journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley (pictured) located missing missionary and explorer David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1659: Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1313: Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1688: Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1330: At the Battle of Posada, Basarab I of Wallachia defeats the Hungarian army of Charles I Robert. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1729: Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2020: Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming the town after 28 years. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1291: A law was passed that confined most of Venice's glassmaking industry to nearby Murano. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2020: Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming the town after 28 years. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1644: The Shunzhi Emperor (portrait shown), the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1916: In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1619: Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1619: Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1987: Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened (train pictured), with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1217: The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 963: Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th President of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race. #history #grownostr