The Battle of the Baggage saw the defeat of an army from the powerful Umayyad Caliphate by Turgesh forces.
30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
30th November 2017
17th July 1918: Romanov family shot dead by the Bosheviks
17th July 2019
16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar
16th July 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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