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
John Thomas Scopes, a substitute science teacher in Tennessee, was found guilty of teaching evolution in school.
Galileo was sentenced to house arrest where he remained for the final nine years of his life.
Born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, Pius IX’s election by the Papal conclave of 1846 came at a time of significant political unrest across Europe.
Hungarian-born geologist Laszlo Toth attacked and seriously damaged Michelangelo’s Pietà statue with a hammer.
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.
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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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