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First windmill in Europe is constructed by crusaders returned from Near East in Normandy Duchy of Normandy on Historystack

#Windmill #Mills #Duchy of Normandy #1180s #12th Century #Inventions #Capetian Dynasty #France #History of France

Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar, which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries Ethiopian Empire on Historystack

#Fasil Ghebbi #Fasilides #Gondar #Solomonic Dynasty #Year 1636 #Ethiopian Empire #History of Ethiopia #1630s #Foundations #Africa #17th Century

Seleucus I Nicator, the Basileus of the Seleucid Empire, founds the city of Seleucia on the Tigris and makes it new capital of the empire, which eventually depopulates Babylon Seleucus Nicator on Historystack

#Year 305 BC #Seleucia #300s BC #Seleucus I Nicator #Ancient Macedonia #Babylon #4th Century BC

Djedefre succeeds his father Khufu and rules as the 3rd king of Egypt's fourth Dynasty Twenty-sixth Century BC on Historystack

#Djedefre #Fourth Dynasty of Egypt #26th Century BC #Old Kingdom of Egypt #Egyptian Pharaohs #List of Egyptian Pharaohs

The army of Mongol leader Batu Khan beat forces of the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi, a part of Mongol invasion of Europe Mongol Invasion of Europe on Historystack

#Battle of Mohi #Mongol Invasions and Conquests #Mongol Invasion of Europe #Year 1241 #Batu Khan #April 11 #Mongol Empire #1240s #History of Mongolia #13th Century #Battles

The Netherlands, Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance in the Hague to prevent Spain to become a superpower in Europe Year 1717 on Historystack

#Triple Alliance (1717)#Year 1717 #1710s #Dutch Republic #History of Netherlands #Treaties #Spain #Kingdom of Great Britain #History of Spain #Capetian Dynasty #France #18th Century

Napoleon returns to France and lands at Saint Raphael, 50 kilometers east of Toulon after his campaign in Egypt and Syria French campaign in Egypt and Syria on Historystack

#French campaign in Egypt and Syria #October 7 #Year 1799 #French Revolutionary Wars #Napoleon Bonaparte #1790s #France #18th Century

Drawing of the first world's electric tram by Fyodor Pirotsky Fyodor Pirotsky on Historystack

#Tram #Fyodor Pirotsky #Transport #May 16 #Year 1881 #Electricity #Saint Petersburg #1880s #Russian Empire #History of Russia #Science and Technologies

Arrival of the Turkish Fleet during Great Siege of Malta, by Matteo Perez d'Aleccio Ottoman-Habsburg Wars on Historystack

#Siege of Malta (1565)#Knights Hospitaller #Ottoman-Habsburg Wars #History of Malta #Year 1565 #Suleiman the Magnificent #May 19 #Ottoman Conquests #1560s #Sieges #Ottoman Empire #History of Turkey #16th Century

Map of Venice in 1550, by Sebastian Munster Notizie scritte on Historystack

#Notizie scritte #Newsletter #Year 1556 #Newspapers #News Media #Media #Venice #Republic of Venice #1550s #Holy Roman Empire #Inventions #16th Century #History of Italy #Science and Technologies

Throne of Charlemagne in Palatine Chapel, Aachen Carolingian Renaissance on Historystack

#History of Germany #Architecture #8th Century #Churches #Kingdom of the Franks #790s #Charlemagne #Aachen #Carolingian Renaissance #Chapels #Year 796 #Palatine Chapel #Palace of Aachen #Aachen Cathedral #Odo of Metz

Leonardo da Vinci sketches a design of a parachute, with more favorable proportion to the weight of the jumper than earlier versions and held by a square wooden frame The Best Leonardo da Vinci's Drawings on Historystack