Past events still shaping today.

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1. 1324

   

   Fall of Acre 1291

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2. 1325

   

   Joan of Arc executed in Rouen 1431

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3. 1326

   

   British General Election of 1784 1784

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4. 1327

   

   First Parliamentary Election Belgium 1831

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5. 1328

   

   Gadsden Purchase Expands U.S. 1853

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6. 1329

   

   Dutch Colonial Exhibition 1883

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7. 1330

   

   1896 United States Presidential Election 1896

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8. 1331

   

   British Museum Founded 1753

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9. 1332

   

   British India Act Separates Burma 1937

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10. 1333

    

    Leni Riefenstahl's Olympiad Film Premiere 1938

    score 13

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11. 1334

    

    1940 Summer Olympics Cancelled 1940

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12. 1335

    

    Fiat Topolino Production Begins 1936

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13. 1336

    

    Peronist Movement Founds Argentine Republic 1946

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14. 1337

    

    English Civil War Begins 1642

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    The English Civil War's outbreak in 1642 shattered the notion of absolute royal authority and inaugurated decades of constitutional upheaval that would reshape Britain's political order.

    • anticipatedAmerican Civil War1861
    • anticipatedAmerican Declaration of Independence1776
    • anticipatedFrench Revolution Begins (Storming of the Bastille)1789
15. 1338

    

    Battle of Pydna 168

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16. 1339

    

    Minoan Sport Competitions Crete 1700

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17. 1340

    

    Fahrenheit Temperature Scale 1724

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18. 1341

    

    Ascot Royal Racecourse Opens 1711

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19. 1342

    

    Charleston Dance Craze Peaks 1923

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20. 1343

    

    Harlem Renaissance Flourishes 1925

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21. 1344

    

    1926 FIFA World Cup Plans 1926

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22. 1345

    

    Reconstruction Finance Corporation Established 1932

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23. 1346

    

    1924 U.S. Presidential Election 1924

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24. 1347

    

    Mary Shelley Publishes Frankenstein 1818

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    Shelley's 1818 novel didn't just become the foundation text of science fiction-it established a new genre vocabulary for exploring technology's moral stakes.