Tag: Middle Ages

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12th July 927: Earliest foundation of England under Æthelstan

12th July 2021
Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, England, Medieval, Middle Ages, Monarchy, Saxon

July 12^th 927 is the closest we have to a foundation date for England, when all the kings of Britain met at Eamont Bridge, near Penrith in Cumbria, to swear an oath of peace under the overlordship of Æthelstan.

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24th June 1374: Dance Plague breaks out in Aachen, Germany

24th June 2020
Tagged as: Dancing, Medieval, Middle Ages, Plague, Religion, Superstition

On the 24^th June 1374, people in Aachen in Germany suddenly and mysteriously began dancing in the streets and didn’t stop for many weeks.

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18th May 1291: Siege of Acre signals end of Crusader influence

18th May 2019
Tagged as: Christian, Christianity, Crusade, Islam, Medieval, Middle Ages, Middle East, Muslim, War

On the 18^th May 1291, the Crusader-controlled city of Acre was seized by the Muslim forces of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil.

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12th July 927: Earliest foundation of England under Æthelstan

24th June 1374: Dance Plague breaks out in Aachen, Germany

18th May 1291: Siege of Acre signals end of Crusader influence

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

21st October 1805: The Battle of Trafalgar sees the British Navy under the command of Nelson defeat the combined fleets of France and Spain

20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession

19th October 1935: League of Nations imposes sanctions on Italy for the invasion of Abyssinia

18th October 1565: European and Japanese naval forces fight for the first time

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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