The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA
6th November 2017
The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
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.
On the 17th May 1902, an ancient analogue computer known as the Antikythera mechanism was first identified by Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais.
On the 6th April 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens.
13th September 1501: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David
13th September 2019
12th September 1919: Hitler joins the German Workers Party
12th September 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017
