On 30 November 1786 Leopold formally abolished the death sentence as well as banning the use of torture.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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Maria Theresa inherited the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession.
The oldest meteorite with a known date of impact crashed into a wheat field outside the Alsatian town of Ensisheim.
King Louis XVI of France and his family were caught attempting to escape Paris during the Flight to Varennes.
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.
Two Catholic imperial officials and their secretary were thrown out of the window of the Bohemian Chancellery in the Second Defenestration of Prague.
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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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