On this day in 1885, Gottlieb Daimler is granted a patent for a four-stroke engine, he uses it to create the world’s first motorcycle, the ‘Daimler Reitwagen’.
On this day in 1922, Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Commu…
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On this day in 1800, Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
On this day in 1912, RMS Titanic begins its sea trials.
On this day in 1935, physicist Robert Watson-Watt receives a patent for RADAR.
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On this day in 1924, Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch; but serves only nine months.
On this day in 1939, General Franco proclaims victory in the Spanish civil war.
On this day in 1948, t…
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On this day in 1492, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile issue the Alhambra Decree, ordering 150 000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion from Spain.
On this day in 1889, the Eiffel Tower is offi…
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On this day in 1856, the signing of the Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War. Russia lost the war to a coalition of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia.
On this day in 1863, Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonde…
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On this day in 1430, the Ottoman Empire captures Thessaloniki from the Republic of Venice.
On this day in 1968, the funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, is attended by thousands.
On this day in 2004, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, L…
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On this day in 845, Paris is sacked by Viking raiders.
On this day in 1854, France and England declare war on Russia, starting the Crimean War.
On this day in 1910, inventor Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, nicknamed…
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On this day in 1871, the first international rugby match is held, Scotland defeats England.
On this day in 1942, Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65 000 Jews from Drancy camp to German extermination camps.
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On this day in 1927, the first Mille Miglia, the legendary car race across Italy, was held.
On this day in 1942, the first “Eichmann transports” to Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps begin.
On this day in 1995, the Schengen Agreemen…
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On this day in 421, the city of Venice is founded.
On this day in 1306, Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scotland at Scone.
On this day in 1957, six countries sign the Treaties of Rome to establish the European Economic Community, a foun…
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On this day in 1882, Robert Koch, who is considered the father of modern bacteriology, announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
On this day in 1896, Aleksander Popov achieves the world’s first radio transmission b…
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On this day in 1888, the Football League, featuring teams from England and Wales, first meets and becomes the world’s first football league.
On this day in 1933, the Enabling Act grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers in Germany.
On this da…
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On this day in 1906, the first England vs France Rugby Union match is played in Paris.
On this day in 1933, seven weeks after Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, concentration camp Dachau opens to send Communists, Social Democrats, and…
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On this day in 1804, the Code Napoléon, France’s groundbreaking law reform, is adopted as French civil law.
On this day in 1871, Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire, the newly unified Germany.
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On this day in 1602, the Dutch East India Company is established.
On this day in 1916, Albert Einstein submits a paper establishing his general theory of relativity to the journal Annalen der Physik.
On this day in 1964, the precursor of th…
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On this day in 1882, the first stone is laid for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí.
On this day in 1895, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière, history’s earliest filmmakers, record their first film, ‘Sortie des…
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On this day in 1241, the First Mongol invasion of Poland overwhelms Kraków.
On this day in 1871, the Commune of Paris, an insurrection of Parisians against the French government, begins.
On this day in 1902, legendary opera tenor Enrico Car…
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On this day in 461, according to legend, Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, died. Now St Patrick’s Day is celebrated widely in Ireland and abroad.
On this day in 1861, Italy is unified into a single kingdom under Vittorio Emanuele II foll…
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On this day in 1872, the Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world.
On this day in 1935, Adolf Hitler reintroduces conscription and, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, orders Germany to rearm itse…
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On this day in 44 BCE, Julius Caesar is assassinated.
On this day in 1939, German troops occupy the remainder of Bohemia and Moravia, effectively dissolving Czechoslovakia.
On this day in 1990, the USSR elects Mikhail Gorbachev as the first…
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On this day in 313, with the Edict of Milan Emperor Constantine I grants religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire.
On this day in 1920, in the second Schleswig plebiscite, 80.2% of the population in the southern Zone II votes to remain pa…
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On this day in 1567, Spanish forces destroy the Dutch rebel army at the Battle of Oosterweel, starting the Eighty Years’ War.
On this day in 1943, the Jewish ghetto in Kraków is liquidated.
On this day in 1979, the European Monetary System…
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On this day in 1365, the University of Vienna is founded by Duke Rudolph IV.
On this day in 1918, Moscow becomes Russia’s capital again after St. Petersburg held that status for 215 years.
On this day in 1938, German troops invade and annex…
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On this day in 1702, Elizabeth Mallet launches The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper.
On this day in 1990, Lithuania becomes the first Soviet republic to declare independence from the USSR following a vote in Lithuania’s…
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On this day in 1702, Elizabeth Mallet launches The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper.
On this day in 1990, Lithuania becomes the first Soviet republic to declare independence from the USSR following a vote in Lithuania’s…
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On this day in 241 BCE, the Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet, ending the First Punic War.
On this day in 418, Jews are banned from holding public office in the Roman Empire.
On this day in 1762, Voltaire starts a campaign for religious tolera…
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On this day in 432 BCE, the Parthenon is consecrated in Athens.
On this day in 1497, Nicolaus Copernicus makes his first recorded observations of Jupiter.
On this day in 1831, the French Foreign Legion is founded.
On this day in 1908, Football…
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