Æthelwold ætheling, a claimant to the Anglo-Saxon throne was defeated at the Battle of the Holme.
30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
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17th July 1918: Romanov family shot dead by the Bosheviks
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16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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