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OTD in 1889, President Harrison declared Washington the 42nd state in the Union. (Image, LOC)
#Twitterstorians #WA #OTD #HistoryFacts #OregonTerritory #LOC #Archives
#Twitterstorians #WA #OTD #HistoryFacts #OregonTerritory #LOC #Archives
According to the LOC, "In 1844, presidential candidate James K. Polk urged an aggressive stance with regard to ownership of the land below the 54th parallel. The slogan “Fifty-four Forty or Fight” became a rallying cry of the Polk campaign..."
"... Two years later, the U.S. and Great Britain signed the Oregon Treaty setting the Canadian-American border at the 49th parallel and granting the United States territory that included present-day ID, OR, and WA. In 1848, Congress designated this...the “OR Territory.” (LOC)
Defenders of the India
#HistoryFacts : The devastation caused by Indian naval raids of Srivijaya in 1025, marked the end of Shailendra Empire as the ruling dynasty in Sumatra.
In 1025, Rajendra Chola I, the Chola king from #TamilNadu in South India, launched naval raids on the
#HistoryFacts : The devastation caused by Indian naval raids of Srivijaya in 1025, marked the end of Shailendra Empire as the ruling dynasty in Sumatra.
In 1025, Rajendra Chola I, the Chola king from #TamilNadu in South India, launched naval raids on the
city-state of Srivijaya in maritime Southeast Asia, Rajendra's overseas expedition against #Srivijaya was a unique event in India's history and its otherwise peaceful relations with the states of Southeast Asia.
To sail from #India to the Indonesian Archipelago,
To sail from #India to the Indonesian Archipelago,
vessels from India sailed eastward across the Bay of Bengal and called at the ports of Lamuri in Aceh or Kedah in Malay peninsula before entering Strait of Malacca. But the Chola armada sailed directly to the Sumatran west coast. The port of Barus in the west coast of North
