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Devastating Aleppo: The Earthquake's Legacy (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (11 Oct 2023)
Today's historical events:
A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
A peace treaty ends the Jin-Song wars.
The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
Surveying for the Mason-Dixon line separating Maryland from…
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