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  • 1890: Tallest Church Completed (161.5 meters)

  • 1740: Prussian King Frederick II the Great Accedes to the Throne

  • 1469: King Manuel I of Portugal – Ruler of the Sea from Brazil to China

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  • 1713: Ottoman Troops Capture Swedish King Charles XII

    Posted by Boris
    |Date: February 01, 2016
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    1713: Ottoman Troops Capture Swedish King Charles XII

    1713: Ottoman Troops Capture Swedish King Charles XII

    On this day in 1713 Ottoman forces managed to capture Swedish king Charles near the city of Bender in wha ...

    On this day in 1713 Ottoman forces managed to capture Swedish king Charles near the city of Bender in what is today Moldova. Bender is located around 100 km from the Black Sea, near the current border ...

    February 01, 2016
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  • 1702: Battle of Klissow: Swedish Army Marches into Southern Poland

    Posted by Tin Pongrac
    |Date: July 19, 2015
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    1702: Battle of Klissow: Swedish Army Marches into Southern Poland

    1702: Battle of Klissow: Swedish Army Marches into Southern Poland

    On this day the Swedish army, led by the young King Charles XII, managed to defeat an army of Poles and G ...

    On this day the Swedish army, led by the young King Charles XII, managed to defeat an army of Poles and Germans twice its size in Poland. It was an example of the great military successes of the Swedi ...

    July 19, 2015
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