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27th August 1883: The eruption of Krakatoa

27th August 2021
Tagged as: Eruption, Krakatoa, Volcano

One of the most destructive volcanic events in modern history occurred when Krakatoa’s eruption reached its climax.

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24th August AD 79: Mount Vesuvius destroys Pompeii & Herculaneum

24th August 2020
Tagged as: Archaeology, Italy, Natural Disaster, Roman Empire, Rome, Volcano

The 24^th August AD 79 is traditionally believed to have been the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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27th August 1883: The eruption of Krakatoa

24th August AD 79: Mount Vesuvius destroys Pompeii & Herculaneum

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

20th January 1850: Robert McClure departs on the first expedition to transit the Northwest Passage

19th January 1915: Two German Zeppelin airships drop bombs on the Norfolk towns of Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn in Britain’s first experience of an air raid

18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor

17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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