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19 Sept 1356: The English defeat the #French at the Battle of #Poitiers. During the battle, the #English capture King Jean II of #France, which caused political chaos in France. The #battle was part of the Hundred Years War. #history #OnThisDay #ad https://t.co/g9Jqk9fqE6
19 Sept 1356: The #English defeat the #French at the Battle of #Poitiers. During the battle, the English capture King Jean II of #France, which caused political chaos in France. The #battle was part of the Hundred Years War. #history #ad https://t.co/g9Jqk8XPMy
15 Aug 1281: #Mongol Kublai Khan's Chinese fleet of some 3,500 vessels disappears during a #typhoon near Japan during the Second Invasion of #Japan at the Battle of #Koan. The #Kamikaze, or "divine wind", is credited with saving Japan. #history #OTD #ad https://t.co/ZO4HkdFiNO
15 Aug 1281: #Mongol Kublai Khan's #Chinese fleet of some 3,500 vessels disappears during a #typhoon near #Japan during the Second Invasion of Japan at the Battle of #Koan. The #Kamikaze, or "divine wind", is credited with saving Japan. #history #ad https://t.co/ZO4HkdWUco
29 July 1913: At the Conference of London and shortly after the end of the First Balkan War, it was announced that #Albania would become an independent sovereign state. #history #OnThisDay #ad https://t.co/lzC166Gd6u
29 May 1176: The #Lombard League, which was a group of allied Lombard cities, defeats the Holy #Roman Empire led by Emperor Frederick I #Barbarossa at the Battle of Legnano. The battle eventually led to the Treaty of #Venice. #history #OTD #ad https://t.co/H0qgO7GRcl
19 April 1775: The American revolution begins as #British troops open fire on American colonist during the Battle of #Lexington and #Concord, the first first #military engagements of the war. #USRevolution #history #HistoryMatters #OnThisDay #ad https://t.co/O1SU5bR1UL
17 April 1397: English #poet and #author Geoffrey #Chaucer, known as the Father of English #literature, tells The #Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of King Richard II. #history #OnThisDay #ad https://t.co/SldsjAVVMY