History
Historical events, civilizations, and significant moments
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History
In 1683, a massive cavalry charge saved Vienna and halted the Ottoman expansion
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History
In 1992, the capture of a philosophy professor ended a decade of insurgency in Peru
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In 1697, a surprise river crossing at Zenta effectively ended the Ottoman threat to Europe
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In 210 BC, the man who first unified China died while searching for immortality
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In 1923, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founded the political party that built modern Turkey
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In 1566, the death of a sultan halted a massive Ottoman march toward Vienna
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A 1808 treaty finally ended the French military occupation of Prussia
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In 1901, the Boxer Protocol imposed a staggering debt on China to end a rebellion
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A 1625 treaty formed a secret alliance to challenge the Spanish Empire's global dominance
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A 2012 shipwreck near the Turkish coast highlighted the risks of global migration
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The 1566 death of Suleiman the Magnificent ended the Ottoman Empire's golden age
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In 1863, an eighteen-year-old soldier earned the Medal of Honor for a heroic charge
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The United Kingdom declared war on the Qing dynasty in 1839 over the opium trade
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In 1919, a secret congress in Sivas laid the foundation for modern Turkey
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The 1989 Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig ignited the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall
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