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Monday, 14 October 2019

The Archaeology News Network: Vivid gladiator fresco discovered at Pompeii

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The Archaeology News Network: Vivid gladiator fresco discovered at Pompeii : A vivid fresco depicting an armour-clad gladiator standing vict...
Wednesday, 16 December 2015

1718 – War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain

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17 December The  War of the Quadruple Alliance  (1718–1720) was a result of the ambitions of King Philip V of Spain, his wife, Elisab...

942 – Assassination of William I of Normandy

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17 December William I Longsword  (c. 893 – 17 December 942) was the second ruler of Normandy, from 927 until his assassination. He ...
Tuesday, 15 December 2015

1707 – Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan

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16 December Mount Fuji , located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). An active stratovolcan...

1944 – WWII: The Battle of the Bulge begins

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16 December The  Battle of the Bulge  (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the...

1778 – ARW: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia

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15 December The  Battle of St. Lucia  was a naval battle fought off the island of St. Lucia in the West Indies during the Anglo-Frenc...
Monday, 14 December 2015

2006 – First flight of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

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15 December The  Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II  is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multi-role fighter...

1890 – Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed

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15 December Sitting Bull  (c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during ye...

1864 – ACW: Battle of Nashville

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15 December The  Battle of Nashville  was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale...
Sunday, 13 December 2015

What would Richard III have sounded like?

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Research at the University of Leicester can even give us a clue as to what Richard III sounded like. Dr Philip Shaw, Lecturer in English...

1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches

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14 December Haruna  named after Mount Haruna, was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Design...

1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses

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14 December St. Lucia's flood  was a storm tide that affected the Netherlands and Northern Germany on this day in 1287 (the day a...
Saturday, 12 December 2015

1862 – ACW: The Battle of Fredericksburg

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11-15 December The  Battle of Fredericksburg  was fought in 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. L...

1642 – Abel Tasman reaches New Zealand

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13 December Abel Janszoon Tasman  (1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages o...

1939 – WWII: Battle of the River Plate

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13 December The  Battle of the River Plate  was the first naval battle in the Second World War and the first one of Battle of the Atl...