Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the Vanities.
8th October 1480: The Great Stand on the Ugra River by Ivan III
8th October 2018
On the 7th April 1498, a group of Franciscan monks met their Dominican rivals in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence to take part in the first trial by fire in 400 years.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019