Category: 1500s
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The Holy League Defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto in a Significant Naval Engagement During the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars. October 7, 1571
On this day in history, October 7, 1571, The Holy League defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto in a significant naval engagement during the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval action that occurred on October 7, 1571, when an armada of the Holy League, a federation of Catholic nations…
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Portuguese Navigator Ferdinand Magellan Begins His Voyage from Spain to Find a Western Sea Route to the Rich Spice Islands of Indonesia. September 20, 1519.
Image: Ferdinand Magellan. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 20, 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins his voyage from Spain to find a western sea route to the rich Spice Islands of Indonesia. In control of five ships and 270 men, Magellan navigated to West Africa and then to Brazil, where he explored…
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History Daily: August 29
WOMEN JOIN BRITISH WAR EFFORT On August 29, 1914, with World War I approaching the end of its first month, the Women’s Defense Relief Corps was formed in Britain. Though women’s rights organizations in Britain had initially opposed the country’s entry into World War I, they soon reversed their position, recognizing the potential of the…
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History Daily: August 21
CONFEDERATE GUERILLAS MASSACRE 150 PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS Image: An artist’s depiction of the destruction of the city of Lawrence, Kansas, and the massacre of its inhabitants by Confederate guerrillas on August 21, 1863. (Wikimedia Commons.) The vicious guerilla war in Missouri rolls into Kansas. It triggers one of the most shocking acts of violence…
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History Daily: August 18
ROANOKE COLONY ABANDONED Image: 19th-century illustration depicting the discovery of the abandoned colony, 1590. (Wikimedia Commons.) On August 18, 1590, John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina, returns from a trip to England to find the settlement abandoned. White found no evidence of the whereabouts of the 100 colonists…
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