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28th May 585 BCE: Eclipse of Thales ends the Battle of Halys between Media and Lydia

28th May 2023
Tagged as: Anatolia, Ancient, Ancient Greece, Eclipse, Herodotus, Lydia, Media, Middle East, Philosophy, Science, Thales

A solar eclipse during the Battle of Halys led to a truce between the kingdoms of Media and Lydia, making it the earliest historical event that can be precisely dated.

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23rd February 303: Start of Emperor Diocletian’s ‘Great Persecution’

23rd February 2023
Tagged as: Ancient, Christianity, Diocletian, Persecution, Roman Empire

Emperor Diocletian ordered the destruction of the new church in the ancient city of Nicomedia, marking the start of the ‘Great Persecution’ of Christians.

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17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome

17th December 2022
Tagged as: Ancient, Christmas, Festival, Religion, Rome, Saturn, Saturnalia

The Saturnalia festival was dedicated to Roman god, Saturn.

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21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

21st September 2021
Tagged as: Ancient, Archaeology, Auction, Britain, England, Neolithic, Stonehenge

Cecil Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, having bought the Neolithic monument at auction.

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28th May 585 BCE: Eclipse of Thales ends the Battle of Halys between Media and Lydia

23rd February 303: Start of Emperor Diocletian’s ‘Great Persecution’

17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

24th September 1952: Kentucky Fried Chicken opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah

23rd September 1949: President Truman announces the USSR’s first nuclear test

22nd September 1776: Nathan Hale hanged by the British for spying for the Continental Army during the American Revolution

21st September 1931: Britain abandons the gold standard after Parliament passes the Gold Standard (Amendment) Act

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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