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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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17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service went into operation

9th April 1767: John Hancock forcibly removes British customs officials from his ship

25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas

18th June 1887: Germany and Russia sign the secret Reinsurance Treaty

17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France

16th June 1846: Pope Pius IX begins the longest ever reign of a Catholic Pope

15th June 1215: King John agrees to Magna Carta by adding his seal

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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