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29th May 1453: The Fall of Constantinople

29th May 2018
Tagged as: Byzantine Empire, Greece, Holy Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, Renaissance, Turkey

On the 29^th May 1453 the troops of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II successfully took control of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

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27th November 1095: Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade

27th November 2017
Tagged as: Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Crusade, Holy Land, Islam, Jerusalem, Pope, Religion, Urban II, War

On the 27^th November 1095, Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade with an impassioned speech at the Council of Clermont.

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15th October 1764: Edward Gibbon first considers The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

15th October 2017
Tagged as: Byzantine Empire, Edward Gibbon, Empire, Grand Tour, Machiavelli, Roman Empire, Rome, Temple of Jupiter

Gibbon’s six volume history traces the collapse of the Roman Empire from the rule of the Five Good Emperors until the end of Byzantium.

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29th May 1453: The Fall of Constantinople

27th November 1095: Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade

15th October 1764: Edward Gibbon first considers The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

5th April 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

20th April 1965: Windows of the Houston Astrodome painted to stop glare

19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium

18th April 1775: Paul Revere’s Ride signals American Revolution

17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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