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6. 4. 2017

April 6, 2017 Civil War pistol on the beach

A search engine found a monument to the English Civil War with a metal detector on St Aubin Beach in Jersey. He discovered a rare pistol that has a complex mechanism typical of weapons from the early sixteenth century.

3. 4. 2009

April 3, 2009 Hussite cannonball

Archaeologists found a half-meter cannonball in the historic center of Pilsen twelve years ago. It dates from the fifteenth century and probably belonged to the Hussites. In the past, the city was intensively blasted.

12. 3. 2016

12.3.2016 Artifacts from the battle were discovered during the construction of the road

Artifacts from the Battle of Killiecrankie, during which the rebels were defeated by the Royal Army in 1689, were found by archaeologists during work on the A9 road. They discovered a copper pendant, horseshoes, buttons and musket ammunition.

6. 1. 2021

6.1.1347 Charles IV returns from the Battle of Krescak

At the Battle of Krescak, the Czech King John of Luxembourg died when he rushed into battle blind. He was succeeded by Charles IV, who did not return to Bohemia until January 1347 because the journey back was complicated.

27. 12. 1741

27.12.1741 Prussian army occupied Olomouc

From December 1741 until April 1742, Friedrich II ruled Olomouc. It was at this time that things got under way. Maria Theresia lost Silesia and Olomouc became a border town.

24. 12. 1800

24.12.1800 Assassination of Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte narrowly escaped death on Christmas Eve 1800. On his way to the opening night of an opera, his carriage was attacked by assassins. But the bomb apparently exploded seconds after they drove past.

22. 12. 1421

22.12.1421 Battle of Kutná Hora

The Crusader army was defeated at Kutná Hora, where the battle broke out on 22 December 1421. Žižek was helped by reinforcements from the Jičín and Turnov regions. Unexpectedly, after the New Year, they all attacked the royal army together, which was caught by surprise.

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18.12.218 BC. Second Punic War

The Roman Empire scored a great triumph when it defeated Hannibal and his army, even though the Carthaginian warlord took them by surprise. With his army he managed to cross the Alps. After their victory in the Second Punic War, the Romans spread their power over most of the Mediterranean world.

2. 12. 1805

2.12.1805 Battle of Austerlitz

At the beginning of December 1805, at the Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, the then thirty-six-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte achieved his most famous victory. This despite the fact that he was facing an army of 90,000 Austrian-Russian allies.

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