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Showing posts with label Moors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moors. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

History Trivia - El Cid captures Valencia from the Moors

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June 15 1094 El Cid, the great Spanish national hero, captured Valencia from the Moors.  
Thursday, August 6, 2015

History Trivia - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates

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 A ugust 6 9 39 Battle at Simancas - Spain defeated the Moors. Arab witnesses reported a spectacular eclipse of the sun that took pla...
Monday, June 15, 2015

History Trivia - El Cid captures Valencia from the Moors

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June 15 763 BC Assyrians recorded a solar eclipse that was later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 1094 El Cid, ...
Friday, January 2, 2015

History Trivia - The Alemanni invades the Roman Empire

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January 2 366 The Alemanni crossed the frozen Rhine River in large numbers and invaded the Roman Empire. 533 Mercurius became Pope J...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

History Trivia - The White Ship sinks in the English Channel

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November 25    955 King Eadred brought Northumbria permanently under English rule. 1034 Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots died....
Saturday, October 11, 2014

History Trivia - Battle of Tours - Charles Martel defeats the Moors

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October 11  732 Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeated a large army of M...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

History Trivia - Genoa loses its naval dominance in the Mediterranean

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August 6 258 Pope Sixtus II was beheaded during the persecution by Emperor Valerian. 939 Battle at Simancas - Spain defeated the Moo...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

History Trivia - Moorish Granada falls

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January 2 366 The Alemanni crossed the frozen Rhine River in large numbers and invaded the Roman Empire. 533 Mercurius became Pope ...
Monday, November 25, 2013

History Trivia - The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning the heir to the British Throne

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November 25 955 King Eadred brought Northumbria permanently under English rule. 1034 Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots died. Do...