Hungarian-born geologist Laszlo Toth attacked and seriously damaged Michelangelo’s Pietà statue with a hammer.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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The Indian Mutiny, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began in Meerut.
Salem’s witch hysteria began in January 1692 when both the daughter and niece of the Reverend Samuel Parris each began to suffer violent fits. In total twenty people were executed, and a further seven died in jail, before the paranoia came to an end.
The first professional archaeological excavation began in the Qumran Caves, the location of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the Vanities.
Antipope John XXIII made the Medici Bank the official bank of the Papacy.
Hagia Sophia’s long history saw it serve as both a Greek Orthodox cathedral and a Roman Catholic cathedral, before Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II in 1453.
The Saturnalia festival was dedicated to Roman god, Saturn.
No accurate record exists of how many people responded to Pope Urban II’s call, but estimates suggest anywhere between 60,000 and 100,000 people joined the First Crusade.
The Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.
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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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