Shepseskare (Egyptian for "Noble is the Soul of Ra") was an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the fourth or fifth ruler of the Fifth Dynasty (2494–2345 BC) during the Old Kingdom period. He lived in the mid-25th century BC, and was probably the owner of an unfinished pyramid platform in Abusir that was abandoned after a few weeks of work in the earliest stages of its construction. Very few artefacts are attributable to this most obscure ruler of the dynasty, and historians disagree on whether he reigned for a few months or for as long as seven years, between the reigns of Neferirkare Kakai and Neferefre. Shepseskare's relations to his predecessor and successor are not known for certain. The Egyptologist Miroslav Verner, who favours the shorter reign, has proposed that he was a son of Sahure and a brother to Neferirkare Kakai, who briefly seized the throne following the premature death of his predecessor and probable nephew, Neferefre. Shepseskare may himself have died unexpectedly or he may have lost the throne to another of his nephews, the future pharaoh Nyuserre Ini.
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1547:
Nine-year-old Edward VI became the first Protestant ruler of England, during whose reign Protestantism was established for the first time in the country with reforms that included the abolition of clerical celibacy and the mass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England
1754:
Horace Walpole coined the word "serendipity" in a letter he wrote to a friend, saying that he derived the term from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole
1933:
Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet entitled "Now or Never" in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he termed "Pakstan". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Declaration
1958:
The Danish toy company Lego Group patented their design of Lego bricks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego
1984:
Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Domoina
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