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British explorer. He proved in his 1854 expedition up the Niger and Benue rivers that Europeans could not only penetrate the interior of tropical Africa but also survive it. It opened up much of central Africa to both commerce and religious missionaries. More at: History
1431 – The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest enlargement of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista. 1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels. 1846 – Belgian inventor Adolphe Sax patents the…
