King Louis XVI of France and his family were caught attempting to escape Paris during the Flight to Varennes.
9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
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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 27th April 1509, Pope Julius II excommunicated the entire republic of Venice.
On 30 November 1786 Leopold formally abolished the death sentence as well as banning the use of torture.
Two Catholic imperial officials and their secretary were thrown out of the window of the Bohemian Chancellery in the Second Defenestration of Prague.
The oldest meteorite with a known date of impact crashed into a wheat field outside the Alsatian town of Ensisheim.
Maria Theresa inherited the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession.
22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published
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21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published
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19th September 1970: The First Glastonbury Festival takes place in Somerset
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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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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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