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Portrait Of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna by Vladimir Borovikovsky in 1800

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2018-02-27

"The Balcony" by French painter Edouard Manet in 1869

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2018-02-24

Coastal Landscape by Flemish painter Paul Bril in 1596

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2018-02-21

in 1979 The eradication of the smallpox virus was certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.

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2017-12-08

In the 1800s most women were topless in India. In Kerala, a southern region forbade upper garments for lower caste women. However, the upper caste was allowed lightly covered clothes on top

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2017-11-19

When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain in 1493, he was thrown in jail for mistreating the native population of Hispaniola

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2017-11-18

in 1511 Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon

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2017-11-17

Norwegian crusader King Sigurd I took 5,000 men in 60 ships to Jerusalem and returned back without losing a single battle.

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2017-04-06

During 1900’s a legislator from New York argued that letting women own properties attacked both God and Nature

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2017-02-16

Archaeologists were shocked to find ancient Roman coins buried in the ruins of a castle in Japan. How could this be possible?

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2017-02-16

Malvine, Dying In The Arms Of Fingal by French painter Anne-Louis Girodet

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2016-10-18

Some "scientists" in the 1800's believed Irish immigrants were ape-like and racially primitive

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2016-09-21

The Union Jack is called the Union Jack only when on a ship. Otherwise it is the Union Flag

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2016-09-16

When Pirates released Julius Caesar after taking a ransom, he returned and crucified the pirates

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2016-09-12

in 55 B.C. - Britain was invaded by Roman forces under Julius Caesar from the coast of Kent

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2016-08-26

The Greeks would sacrifice one hundred bulls to Zeus during each Olympics

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2016-08-23

King George II of Britain was the last British monarch to personally command his troops into battle

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2016-08-21

The Simpsons was banned in Burma because the characters were mainly yellow.

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2016-08-20

in 1515 Congress of Vienna settled issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire

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2016-07-22

in 1894 many black miners in Alabama were killed by striking white miners.

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2016-07-16