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The Battle of Solferino in 1859 saw the victory of French and Piedmontese armies over a large Austrian force, opening the way for Italian unification. The battle is also unusual in another way, what was it?
1647 – Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm, the penultimate truce of the Thirty Years’ War. 1757 – British Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breaching the Articles of War. 1900 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on…
