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1919: Soviet Republic Proclaimed in Bavaria

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1919: Soviet Republic Proclaimed in Bavaria

This was done following the example of Russia. In fact, about two weeks earlier, a Soviet Republic was al ...

This was done following the example of Russia. In fact, about two weeks earlier, a Soviet Republic was also proclaimed in Hungary. On this day in 1919, the Bavarian Soviet Republic was declared in Mun ...

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1652: The Dutch Found Cape Town – The Metropolis of South Africa

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1652: The Dutch Found Cape Town – The Metropolis of South Africa

This day in 1652 marked the founding of the city of Cape Town in South Africa. The Dutch sailor Jan van R ...

This day in 1652 marked the founding of the city of Cape Town in South Africa. The Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck landed near the famous Cape of Good Hope. He was an employee of the Dutch East India Co ...

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1453: Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror Began the Siege of Constantinople

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1453: Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror Began the Siege of Constantinople

On this day in 1453 the Ottoman Turks began the siege of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Emp ...

On this day in 1453 the Ottoman Turks began the siege of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, who was only 21 years old at the time, led the siege. At t ...

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1793: A Committee that Included the “Bloodthirsty Dictator” and “Angel of Death”

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1793: A Committee that Included the “Bloodthirsty Dictator” and “Angel of Death”

On this day the most sinister institution of the French Revolution – the Committee of Public Safety (Comi ...

On this day the most sinister institution of the French Revolution – the Committee of Public Safety (Comité de salut public) – was established. It was supposed to serve as an administrative body of th ...

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1327: Petrarch Meets his Beloved Laura in Papal Avignon

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1327: Petrarch Meets his Beloved Laura in Papal Avignon

Petrarch first saw Laura in the Church of St. Claire in Avignon and fell in love with her. It remains unk ...

Petrarch first saw Laura in the Church of St. Claire in Avignon and fell in love with her. It remains unknown whether he ever told her. Petrarch met his beloved Laura for the first time in papal Avign ...

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1941: The Third Reich Invades Yugoslavia

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1941: The Third Reich Invades Yugoslavia

Military units of Hitler's Third Reich and its allies invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on this day, afte ...

Military units of Hitler's Third Reich and its allies invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on this day, after Yugoslavia had refused to join their Tripartite Pact. The Luftwaffe bombed Belgrade during th ...

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1490: King Matthias Corvinus Dies in Conquered Vienna

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1490: King Matthias Corvinus Dies in Conquered Vienna

Matthias Corvinus’s funerary rites were held in St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna. This day in 1490 marked ...

Matthias Corvinus’s funerary rites were held in St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna. This day in 1490 marked the death of the famous Hungarian and Croatian king Matthias Corvinus. He died in Vienna, which ...

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1250: The French King St. Louis IX Captured In Egypt

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1250: The French King St. Louis IX Captured In Egypt

The French King St. Louis IX was captured on this day in 1250. He was the only king in the French history ...

The French King St. Louis IX was captured on this day in 1250. He was the only king in the French history who was declared a saint (canonized). The Muslim forces captured him after the Battle of Fār ...

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