History
Historical events, civilizations, and significant moments
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History
In 1797, Napoleon bypassed his own government to sign a secret peace treaty
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In 1775, Paul Revere began a midnight ride that warned an entire revolution
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History
In 1925, a secret meeting in a Seoul restaurant birthed the Communist Party of Korea
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The 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki ended an ancient empire's dominance over the Korean peninsula
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In 1863, a 600-mile cavalry raid through Mississippi crippled Confederate supply lines
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History
A 1783 battle in Arkansas was one of the final conflicts of the American Revolution
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A 2014 maritime tragedy sparked a national movement for government accountability in South Korea
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In 1799, a tiny French force used clever tactics to repel 25,000 Ottoman soldiers
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A million Soviet troops began the final assault on Berlin in 1945
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In 1862, a small skirmish at a mill stalled a massive Union invasion of Virginia
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In 1861, Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to save a crumbling Union
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A 1071 siege ended five centuries of Byzantine rule in southern Italy
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In 1969, North Korea shot down a U.S. Navy plane over the open sea
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The 1632 Battle of Rain proved that mobile artillery could win a war
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A 1909 reactionary revolt in Turkey sparked a tragic massacre in Adana
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