On this day · August 19

August 19: the history they never taught you.

One storyfrom the archive happened on this date, each drawn from published sources before it was written.

A Wedding Night That Cost Burgundy Its Future

A wedding night in 1477 went so catastrophically wrong that it changed the balance of power in Europe forever.

A story like this, every day.

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