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The Dead Sea Scrolls, which contain most of the books in the Hebrew Bible date back to 408.
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Attila The Hun, leader of the the Huns, which are said to have numbered as many as half a million men, was defeated in the battle of Chalons in 451.
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Muslims believe that the Quran was verbally given by God to Muhammad through the angle Gabriel, over a 23 year period starting in 623.
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In 1066 an army composed of Normandy, France, and Breton soldiers conquered England.
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The great European famine was the worst famine to strike Europe. The famine started in 1314, and affected all of Northern Europe.
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The Black Death spread throughout Europe between 1347 and 1353, causing the worst disaster in European history, killing 19 to 35 million people.
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The first printing press was first invented around 1440 by, Johannes Gutenberg
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War of the Roses began in 1455, and was between the English noble houses of Lancaster and York.
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The Canterbury Tales was first written in 1392, but wasn't published until 1475.
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Columbus discovered America in 1492.
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Leonardo Da Vinci paints The Last Supper in 1498. This famous mural depicts the last meal of Christ before being captured.
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The publication of Shakespeare's first folio was complete in 1623.
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The American Revolution started in 1765 and lasted until 1783.
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On June 11, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was written.
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Beowulf is suspected to first be written in 1815.
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After the stock market crash of 1929, America enters into the Great Depression.
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The Harry Potter books are said to be the third most read books in the world, following the Bible and "Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung". The Harry Potter books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide.
