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Saladin routs his Muslim opponents
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Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (c. 1137–1193)
Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade
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Capital of the Eastern Roman and Ottoman empires
Thirteen Years’ War: the beginning of the Battle for Kneiphof.
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Conflict between the Prussian Confederation, Poland, and the Teutonic Order
Samurai Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō in a duel at Funajima island.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 JAPAN
Japanese swordsman, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (c. 1583–1645)
Samuel Argall
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16/17th-century English naval officer and colonial official in Virginia
The Sikh religion is formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints – by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 INDIA
Religious group who adhere to Sikhism
George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah makes its world premiere in Dublin
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German-British composer (1685–1759)
American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook
📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES
1775–1783 armed conflict in North America
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.
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Hungarian statesman (1802–1894)
American Civil War: Union forces surrender Fort Sumter to Confederate forces.
📜 POLITICS🌍 UNITED STATES
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
📜 CITIES🌍 UNITED STATES
Art museum in New York City
The Colfax massacre: More than 60 to 150 black men are murdered in Colfax
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1873 murder of black men by white militia in Colfax, Louisiana
The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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1909 political crisis in the Ottoman Empire
Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer kill approximately 379–1
📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 INDIA
1919 massacre of Indian protesters
A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
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1941 non-aggression agreement between the USSR and Imperial Japan
The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington
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National memorial in Washington, D.C.