The Peshtigo Fire killed up to 2,500 people in the deadliest wildfire in recorded history.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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The most intense hurricane to ever make landfall struck the United States.
The 24th August AD 79 is traditionally believed to have been the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum.
In the medieval period the Netherlands, whose name literally means ‘lower countries’, consisted of large areas of boggy land around the winding estuaries of three of the largest rivers in Europe.
On the 23rd January 1556, the deadliest earthquake ever recorded hit the Chinese province of Shaanxi (pronounced Shensi) and surrounding areas.
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20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War
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19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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