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Crusades

Siege of Jerusalem

Wed Jun 7 1099

Bohemond remained in Antioch, retaining the city, despite his pledge to return it to Byzantine control, while "Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse" led the remaining Crusader army rapidly south along the coast to Jerusalem. An initial attack on the city failed, and the siege of Jerusalem of 1099 became a stalemate until they breached the walls on 15 July 1099. For two days the Crusaders massacred the inhabitants and pillaged the city.

Mamluks

Al-Malik al-Mansur was the Bahri Mamluk sultan in 1341

Wed Jun 7 1341

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Al-Malik al-Mansur Sayf ad-Din Abu Bakr, better known as al-Mansur Abu Bakr was the Bahri Mamluk sultan in 1341. He became sultan, the first of several sons of an-Nasir Muhammad to accede to the throne. However, his reign was short-lived.

Mamluks

Al-Aziz Jamal ad-Din Yusuf was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt in 1438

Thu Jun 7 1438

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Al-Aziz Jamal ad-Din Yusuf was the son of Barsbay, and a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 7 June to 9 September 1438.

Disasters with highest death tolls

1755 Tabriz Earthquake

Sat Jun 7 1755

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1755 Tabriz earthquake occurred on June 7, 1755, in Iran, there were an estimated 40,000 deaths.

Nobel Prize

Awarding members

Mon Jun 7 1897

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Nobel's instructions named a Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the Peace Prize, the members of whom were appointed shortly after the will was approved in April 1897. Soon thereafter, the other prize-awarding organizations were designated. These were Karolinska Institute on 7 June, the Swedish Academy on 9 June, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on 11 June.

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Roman Empire

Nero committed suicide

Sat Jun 9 68

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A military coup drove Nero into hiding. Facing execution at the hands of the Roman Senate, he reportedly committed suicide in 68. According to Cassius Dio, Nero's last words were "Jupiter, what an artist perishes in me!".

Napoleon

Bonaparte reached Malta

Sat Jun 9 1798

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Bonaparte reached Malta on 9 June 1798, then controlled by the Knights Hospitaller. Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim surrendered after token resistance, and Bonaparte captured an important naval base with the loss of only three men.

First Sino-Japanese War

Japanese Response

Sat Jun 9 1894

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According to the Japanese, the Qing government had violated the Convention of Tientsin by not informing the Japanese government of its decision to send troops, but the Qing claimed that Japan had approved this. The Japanese countered by sending an 8,000-troop expeditionary force (the Oshima Composite Brigade) to Korea. The first 400 troops arrived on June 9 en route to Seoul, and 3,000 landed at Incheon on June 12.

1905 Russian Revolution

The Police chief resigns

Fri Jun 9 1905

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9 June: The police chief resigns.

Winston Churchill

Liberals stood him in the safe seat of Dundee

Wed Jun 9 1909

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On 9 May, the Liberals stood him in the safe seat of Dundee, where he won comfortably.

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Roman Empire

Servius Sulpicius Galba

Fri Jun 8 68

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Servius Sulpicius Galba, born as Lucius Livius Ocella Sulpicius Galba, was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 68 to 69. He was the first emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors and assumed the position following Emperor Nero's suicide. Galba's physical weakness and general apathy led to him being selected over by favorites. Unable to gain popularity with the people or maintain the support of the Praetorian Guard, Galba was murdered by Otho, who became emperor in his place.

Roman Empire

Nero committed suicide

Sat Jun 9 68

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Roman Empire

Titus Caesar Vespasianus

Sat Jun 24 79

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Titus, Vespasian's successor, quickly proved his merit, although his short reign was marked by disaster, including the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. He held the opening ceremonies in the still unfinished Colosseum but died in 81.

Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)

Battle of the Altai Mountains

Sat Jun 4 89

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Han and allied forces defeated the army of the Northern Chanyu and accepted the surrender of two hundred thousand Xiongnu soldiers in the Altai Mountains.

Roman Empire

Julianus was sentenced to death

Sun Jun 2 193

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Julianus was sentenced to death.

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Cold war

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc, after World War II.

Korean War

Vietnam War

Berlin Wall

Dissolution of the Soviet Union

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U.S. Presidents

In this collection, we list U.S. Presidents Stories. The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a 4-year term by the people through the Electoral College.

George Washington