The Christmas Truce saw soldiers on the First World War’s Western Front take part in a series of unofficial ceasefires.
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22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
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25th December 2018
25th December 1914: The Christmas Truce takes place at sections along the Western Front
23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi
23rd January 2019
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
22nd January 2019
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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