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1947: The von Trapp Family – “The Sound of Music”

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1947: The von Trapp Family – “The Sound of Music”

The famous Georg von Trapp died on this day in 1947. The musical “My Sound of Music" was based on a true ...

The famous Georg von Trapp died on this day in 1947. The musical “My Sound of Music" was based on a true story. Namely, the young Maria (Julie Andrews), who firstly wanted to become a nun, and Georg v ...

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1430: St. Joan of Arc Captured

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1430: St. Joan of Arc Captured

On this day in 1430, St. Joan of Arc was captured at Compiègne in northern France. She was captured by t ...

On this day in 1430, St. Joan of Arc was captured at Compiègne in northern France. She was captured by the Burgundians, who had allied with the British against the French King Charles VII (his corona ...

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1455: Beginning of the Medieval “Wars of the Roses”

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1455: Beginning of the Medieval “Wars of the Roses”

On this day a long-standing war for the English throne, called the Wars of the Roses, began. The name com ...

On this day a long-standing war for the English throne, called the Wars of the Roses, began. The name comes from the fact that the two warring dynasties that fought for the throne had symbols in the f ...

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1498: Vasco da Gama: The First European Ships Come to India

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1498: Vasco da Gama: The First European Ships Come to India

This day in 1498 marked an important event because the ships of Vasco da Gama landed on the Indian coast ...

This day in 1498 marked an important event because the ships of Vasco da Gama landed on the Indian coast as the first ships which came from Europe to Asia, using a route around Africa. The sea route ...

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1204: Count Baldwin of Flanders Crowned Emperor of Byzantium in Constantinople

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1204: Count Baldwin of Flanders Crowned Emperor of Byzantium in Constantinople

Count Baldwin of Flanders became the first Latin Emperor of Byzantium. This happened after the crusading ...

Count Baldwin of Flanders became the first Latin Emperor of Byzantium. This happened after the crusading warriors (the Fourth Crusade) had conquered Constantinople, and a large part of the Byzantine E ...

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1191: Richard the Lionheart’s Wedding on Cyprus

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1191: Richard the Lionheart’s Wedding on Cyprus

On this day in 1191, English King Richard the Lionheart married Berengaria of Navarre, daughter of King S ...

On this day in 1191, English King Richard the Lionheart married Berengaria of Navarre, daughter of King Sancho VI of Navarre. It is interesting to note that she was a descendant of the famous Spanish ...

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1465: Thomas Palaiologos Converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism

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1465: Thomas Palaiologos Converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism

On this day in 1465, Thomas Palaiologos, a pretender to the title of Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, die ...

On this day in 1465, Thomas Palaiologos, a pretender to the title of Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, died in Rome. Thomas was the younger brother of the last emperor in Constantinople - Constantine X ...

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1366: Anne of Bohemia: The Queen of England who Was the Sister of a Hungarian-Croatian King

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1366: Anne of Bohemia: The Queen of England who Was the Sister of a Hungarian-Croatian King

Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England and wife of King Richard II (Plantagenet dynasty), was born on this day ...

Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England and wife of King Richard II (Plantagenet dynasty), was born on this day in 1366. It is interesting to note that Anna was the daughter of the German Emperor and Czech ...

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