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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 24th 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 18th 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

  • 12th July 2018
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, England, Medieval, Middle Ages, Monarchy, Saxon

July 12th 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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