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1148 – France’s King Louis VII commences a siege of Damascus during the Second Crusade. 1487 – Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike in protest at a ban on foreign beer. 1704 – Britain captures Gibraltar from Spain. 1910 – The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. 1911…
The late 17th century Salem witch trials in colonial America saw over 150 people arrested and imprisoned. Twenty-nine were convicted of the capital felony of witchcraft. Nineteen of these, of which fourteen were women were hanged. What were the poignant last words of Elizabeth Howe, executed on July 19, 1692?
