England’s only recorded military coup d’état resulted in the removal of 140 moderate and Royalist Members of Parliament who backed a negotiated settlement with Charles, of which 45 were arrested.
When news of the interception of a neutral ship reached Britain at the end of November, the government responded angrily.
Due to miscommunication and a lack of clear orders Lord Cardigan led the Light Brigade, a cavalry unit consisting of approximately 670 horsemen, in a frontal assault against a fortified Russian artillery position at the end of the valley.
The Peace of Westphalia confirmed the autonomy of states with the Holy Roman Empire and redefined the borders and sovereignty of numerous European states.
Launched on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Egyptian forces went on to cross the Suez Canal and establish a bridgehead, while Syrian troops launched an offensive in the Golan Heights.
The Siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America.
Nuclear war was avoided when Russian officer Stanislav Petrov rejected early warning system reports of incoming ballistic missiles as a false alarm.
The explosion had the power of 22 kilotons of TNT, and was 50% more destructive than its designers had expected.
The battle was fought against the French army of King Philip VI and led to the port of Calais becoming an English enclave for over two centuries.
The Menin Gate is one of four memorials to missing British and Commonwealth soldiers from the First World War in the area around the Ypres Salient, and features more than 54,000 names.
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