History
Historical events, civilizations, and significant moments
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History
King John landed an invasion force in 1214 to reclaim England's lost French territories
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In 1942, the fall of Singapore resulted in the largest surrender in British military history
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History
A secret 1690 treaty aligned Moldavia with the Habsburgs against the Ottoman Empire
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In 706, a vengeful Byzantine emperor publicly executed two of his predecessors in Constantinople
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In 1804, a group of chieftains began an uprising to end Ottoman rule
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In 1655, the Mapuche launched a massive revolt against Spanish rule in Chile
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History
In 1945, a simple navigation error led to the accidental bombing of Prague
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A 1879 border dispute over mineral riches ignited the War of the Pacific
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In 1951, a small UN force halted a massive Chinese invasion at Chipyong-ni
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The 1945 fall of Budapest ended one of the bloodiest sieges of World War II
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In 1913, the 13th Dalai Lama declared Tibet a fully independent nation
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History
In 2015, a student's tragic death sparked a historic movement against gender violence
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A 2017 missile test signaled a major shift in North Korea's military capabilities
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In 1861, a desperate US House resolution tried to prevent war by protecting slavery
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South Korea shuttered a joint industrial zone in 2016 to punish North Korean provocations
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