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20 hours ago · In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social, political, military, and economic changes throughout the world.
20 hours ago · The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and produced a ...
20 hours ago · Establishment of the French First Republic (1792) Execution of Louis XVI (1793) Thermidorian Reaction (1794) French Directory (1795) Coup of 18 Brumaire (1799) War of the First Coalition. (1792–1797) Location: Western, Central, and Southern Europe, West Indies. French Republic.
Jun 8, 2024 · 1916 Battle of Verdun: Germans capture Fort Vaux after several days of intense fighting. 1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered. 1928 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford) 1929 Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curacao kidnap governor Fruytier.
20 hours ago · The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign ( French: Campagne de Russie) and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 ( Russian: Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́да, romanized : Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda ), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with ...
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20 hours ago · The Glorious Revolution [a] is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.
