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#OTD in 1685, the bloody Battle of #Sedgemoor was fought.
A rebel army led by James Scott, Duke of Monmouth was routed by a royal army of King James II.
Hundreds of the rebels were hunted down and hanged or transported.
Sedgemoor was one of the last battles fought in England.
#OTD in 1943, the Battle of the North Cape was fought.
An Allied task force led by Vice Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser in HMS Duke of York attacked and sank the Nazi German battleship Scharnhorst off Norway.
This battle was the penultimate battle between battleships in naval history.
Apparently #PopeFrancis' favourite painting - The White Crucifixion by #Chagall