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Evening Guys - hope you are all well. Lots of things happened on 10 August over the years and I have picked just a few at random - I take no account of the differences between the Julian and Gregorian Calendars AD70 - 2nd Temple in Jerusalem is set on fire (approx) as the city nears destruction at the hands of Titus 1627 - Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle 1675 - King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1776 - American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. The Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August, 1792, signals the effective end of the French monarchy until its restoration after the Empire
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 21:27:33 +0000

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