1836
Oct 17
| 1836 • The colony of South Australia is officially proclaimed (now celebrated in the state of South Australia as Proclamation Day). |
1874
Nov 2
Age: 38y
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birth of childHood Summerl Somers Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1874 • Sack of Cuenca (Third Carlist War): After Carlist forces successfully defended Estella, Don Alfonso de Bourbon, brother of the Don Carlos VII, led 14,000 Catalan Carlists south to attack Cuenca 136 km from Madrid, held by Republicans under Don Hilario Lozano. After two days the outnumbered garrison capitulated but Don Alfonso permitted a terrible slaughter. The city is sacked. Subsequently another republican force defeats the disorderly Catalans who flee back to the Ebro. |