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Women's March on Versailles
The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the October March or the October Days, was a defining moment in the early months of the French Revolution (1789-1799). On 5 October 1789, crowds of Parisian market women marched on Versailles...
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Sulla's March on Rome
In 88 BCE, Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138-78 BCE) marched on Rome and entered the city's sacred inner boundary, the pomerium, bearing arms. Breaking this taboo, he sought to gain political power and control of the army of the East that had been...
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William the Conqueror's March on London
William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087 CE) was victorious at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066 CE, and Harold Godwinson, King Harold II of England (r. Jan - Oct 1066 CE) was dead. The English throne and kingdom were there for the taking...
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March, Les Très Riches Heures
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, a medieval illuminated manuscript illustration depicting the work on an agricultural estate during the month of March. In the background, Mesuline is flying in dragon form over Lusignan Castle, c. 1412-1440...
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March to Valley Forge
March to Valley Forge, a depiction of General George Washington leading the Continental Army to Valley Forge in December 1777. Oil on canvas by William Brooke Thomas Trego, 1883. Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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Pro-Nazi Crowd in Vienna, March 1938
A photograph showing a crowd in the Heldenplatz of Vienna on March 15, 1938 awaiting a speech by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) after the Anschluss of 12 March. (US National Archives)
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Sturmabteilung March
A 1929 colourised photograph showing a march in Nuremberg by the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP). (German Federal Archives)
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Women's March on Versailles, 5 October 1789
Women's March on Versailles (5-6 October 1789). Outraged by high bread prices and the anti-revolutionary conduct of royal soldiers, a crowd of 7,000 women descended on the palace of Versailles. The king accompanied them back to Paris the...
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Lithograph of the Boston Massacre, 5 March 1770
Boston Massacre of 5 March 1770, with an emphasis on the death of Crispus Attucks. Chromolithograph by William L. Champney and J. H. Bufford, 1856.
The Boston Athenæum.
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Chinese Army on the March
Artist's impression of the Chinese army marching into battle.