On the 29th May 1453 the troops of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II successfully took control of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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On the 27th November 1095, Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade with an impassioned speech at the Council of Clermont.
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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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War
20th September 2021
19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time
19th September 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018