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19 Aug 1692: One woman and four men, including a #pastor, are convicted of #witchcraft and executed in Salem in the #Massachusetts colony. #history #ad https://t.co/cXmVB5wcxk
27 July1794: French #revolutionary Maximilien #Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 “enemies” of the #French Revolution. The next day he is #guillotined. #history #FrenchHistory #ad https://t.co/uG5fdrJsfh
17 June 1775: The British defeat the American #colonists at the Battle of Bunker Hill in #Massachusetts. The colonist inflict significant casualties against the Brits, making the battle a #moral victory for the Americans. #history #HistoryMatters #ad https://t.co/XKBsOndF1f
29 April 711: #Moorish troops lead by Tariq ibn #Ziyad begin the Islamic #conquest of what is modern-day #Spain when they land at #Gibraltar. The First Crusade didn't begin until 1095. #history #HistoryMatters #ad https://t.co/NPvlQrW5hS
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 #ad https://t.co/O1SU5c8CMj
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 #OTD #ad https://t.co/O1SU5bR1UL
9 April 1388: The Old Swiss Confederacy defeats the #Archduchy of #Austria, the #Habsburgs, in the Battle of #Näfels despite being outnumbered 16 to 1. It was the last battle of the Swiss-Austrian conflicts that lasted through most of the 14th century. #ad https://t.co/h4TzxGLZUA
26 Mar 1827: German #composer Ludwig van #Beethoven dies in Vienna, #Austria. He was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn in what is now #Germany. #RIP #history #ClassicalMusic #music #OTD #ad https://t.co/rs2wSkJAiA
26 Mar 1827: German #composer Ludwig van #Beethoven dies in #Vienna, Austria. He was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn in what is now #Germany. #RIP #history #ClassicalMusic #music #OTD #ad https://t.co/rs2wSl1ba8
26 Mar 1552: Guru Amar Das, third of the 10 Gurus of Sikhism, became #Sikh Guru at the age of 73. He discouraged women from veiling their faces as well as the practice of sati, when widows threw themselves on their husband’s funeral #pyre. #history #ad https://t.co/IXEQkklzBj