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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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196 |
The Declaration of Pillnitz was issued on August 27, 1791. |
History > Famous Dates |
01/13/09 |
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197 |
The Defenestration of Prague occured when some Catholic nobles were shoved out of a window and onto a pile of manure; it also signaled the start of the Bohemian Phase of the Thirty Years' War. |
History > European |
12/30/08 |
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198 |
The dynasties which ruled China gained power by the Mandate of Heaven. |
History > Ancient |
01/27/09 |
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199 |
The earliest written symbols are called pictograms. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
200 |
The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France. |
History > Famous Dates |
01/02/09 |
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201 |
The elevator was invented in 1852. |
History |
06/03/09 |
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202 |
The Enclosure Acts was one reason for the start of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. |
History > European |
02/07/09 |
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203 |
The fall of the Roman Empire in 466 BC was the same date the Dark Age begun. |
History > Ancient |
01/14/09 |
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204 |
The famous order, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" was issued during the Battle of Bunker Hill. |
History > United States |
11/01/08 |
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205 |
The first manned spaceflight was 12 April 1961, when Yuri Gagarin completed one Earth orbit. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/08/08 |
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206 |
The French Estates General was a legislative assembly consisting of the First Estate (the clergy), the Second Estate (the nobility), and the Third Estate (the commoners/everyone else). |
History > European |
01/12/09 |
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207 |
The future Henry VIII became heir apparent to the English throne at the age of ten. |
History > European |
09/28/08 |
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208 |
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in the Crystal Palace, a building made entirely of glass and iron. |
History > European |
02/05/09 |
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209 |
The Great Wall of China was built by Qin Shi Huangdi for defense. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
210 |
The Gulag was a system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union, mostly used during Stalin's reign. |
History > European |
03/31/09 |
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