Construction began on the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa, now better known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The English writer Daniel Defoe was put in the pillory for seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet.
The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.
The Covenant of Perfectibility, the forerunner of the original Bavarian Illuminati, was founded by Adam Weishaupt in Ingolstadt.
On the morning of 14th April 1561, the people of Nuremberg in Germany witnessed a “dreadful apparition” in the sky.
On the 22nd March 1621, Dutch legal scholar Hugo Grotius – also known as Hugo de Groot – escaped imprisonment in Loevestein Castle concealed inside a book chest.
The first stone of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia basilica was laid.
On the 1st March 1692, the Salem witch trials began when Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba were brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts.
Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the Vanities.
The first of the Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they established the Plymouth Colony.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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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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