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🥁 On This Day: The Battle of Borodino, 1812

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🥁 On This Day: The Battle of Borodino, 1812

Napoleon’s Biggest “Congrats, You Played Yourself” Moment

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Sep 7, 2025

On This Day in History: Baby Henry VI Crowned King at 8 Months Old 👑🍼

England

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On This Day in History: Baby Henry VI Crowned King at 8 Months Old 👑🍼

The Infant Who Was King of England (and France... sort of) Before He Could Walk

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Aug 31, 2025

On This Day: The Battle of Crécy — When Longbows, Knights, and Cannons Collided in 1346

England

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On This Day: The Battle of Crécy — When Longbows, Knights, and Cannons Collided in 1346

Edward III’s arrows rained, Philip VI’s knights sparkled, and medieval warfare got its first “boom moment.”

BY BananaKing

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Aug 26, 2025

On This Day in History: The Party That Toppled Nicolas Fouquet and Changed France Forever

France

On This Day in History: The Party That Toppled Nicolas Fouquet and Changed France Forever

When opulence becomes your undoing: How a grand fête in 1661 at Vaux-le-Vicomte shocked a king and sparked a historic downfall.

BY BananaKing

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Aug 17, 2025

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