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  • 1621: Bloody Execution of Czech Noblemen in Prague

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    1621: Bloody Execution of Czech Noblemen in Prague

    1621: Bloody Execution of Czech Noblemen in Prague

    On this day, the bloody mass execution of 27 Czech noblemen and citizens happened in Prague as a punishme ...

    On this day, the bloody mass execution of 27 Czech noblemen and citizens happened in Prague as a punishment for the uprising they led against the Habsburg authorities in these areas. This event is ver ...

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  • 1782: Why were Masonic symbols placed on US banknotes

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    1782: Why were Masonic symbols placed on US banknotes

    1782: Why were Masonic symbols placed on US banknotes

    On this day, in 1782, the design of the Great Seal of the United States was adopted by the US Congress. T ...

    On this day, in 1782, the design of the Great Seal of the United States was adopted by the US Congress. The seal today appears on the US one dollar bill. The seal greatly correlates with Masonic symbo ...

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  • 1667: Raid on the Medway: The Worst Defeat of the British Navy in History

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    1667: Raid on the Medway: The Worst Defeat of the British Navy in History

    1667: Raid on the Medway: The Worst Defeat of the British Navy in History

    The defeat which the British experienced during a raid that began on this day is considered the toughest ...

    The defeat which the British experienced during a raid that began on this day is considered the toughest in the history of their navy. On that day, namely, Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter (the most fa ...

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  • 1790: French Noble Titles Abolished

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    1790: French Noble Titles Abolished

    1790: French Noble Titles Abolished

    On this day in 1790, during the French Revolution, French noble titles were abolished. Of course, it was ...

    On this day in 1790, during the French Revolution, French noble titles were abolished. Of course, it was a significant event, as the nobility in France played a major role in the pre-revolutionary per ...

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  • 1696: Polish King who Saved Vienna from the Ottoman Turks and after whom a Constellation was Named

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    1696: Polish King who Saved Vienna from the Ottoman Turks and after whom a Constellation was Named

    1696: Polish King who Saved Vienna from the Ottoman Turks and after whom a Constellation was Named

    On this day in 1696, the Polish King John III Sobieski, known as the savior of Vienna from the Ottoman si ...

    On this day in 1696, the Polish King John III Sobieski, known as the savior of Vienna from the Ottoman siege, died. Namely, in 1683, John III Sobieski, coming to the aid of the besieged Vienna, crushe ...

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  • 1779: Great Siege of Gibraltar: The Largest Battle of the American War of Independence actually Took Place in Europe

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    1779: Great Siege of Gibraltar: The Largest Battle of the American War of Independence actually Took Place in Europe

    1779: Great Siege of Gibraltar: The Largest Battle of the American War of Independence actually Took Place in Europe

    On this day in the year 1779 the Great Siege of Gibraltar, a strategic promontory on the southern coast o ...

    On this day in the year 1779 the Great Siege of Gibraltar, a strategic promontory on the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, began. This invasion took place during the American War of Independenc ...

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  • 1671: Stenka Razin: Cossack Leader who Attacked Iran and the Russian Empire

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    1671: Stenka Razin: Cossack Leader who Attacked Iran and the Russian Empire

    1671: Stenka Razin: Cossack Leader who Attacked Iran and the Russian Empire

    On this day Cossack leader Stenka Razin was executed. Razin led a very unusual life, during which he led ...

    On this day Cossack leader Stenka Razin was executed. Razin led a very unusual life, during which he led a number of gangs that plundered even across distant Persia (Iran). Razin belonged to the so-ca ...

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  • 1667: The First Human Blood Transfusion

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    1667: The First Human Blood Transfusion

    1667: The First Human Blood Transfusion

    On this day in 1667, the first thoroughly documented blood transfusion was performed.  It was administere ...

    On this day in 1667, the first thoroughly documented blood transfusion was performed.  It was administered by the French physician Jean-Baptiste Denys, the famed physician of King Louis XIV (the Sun K ...

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