On 30 November 1786 Leopold formally abolished the death sentence as well as banning the use of torture.
24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
24th July 2019
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.
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.
20th January 1942: Nazi leaders meet at the Wannsee Conference
20th January 2020
18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
18th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018