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977 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II ends the siege at Paris and withdraws. His rearguard is defeated while crossing the Aisne River by Frankish forces under King Lothair III. 1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty 1803 – In New…
618 – The Tang dynasty secures an unequivocal victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the bloody Battle of Qianshuiyuan. 1641 – The first English newspaper is published. 1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi. 1732 – A powerful…
