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S1E92 92. The Unspeakable Things That Happened At The "Nanking" Event | A Day In History
From 16031854, Japan was a closed country. No one could leave the country, and foreigners were limited to a small port near Hiroshima. So when the American naval officer Matthew C. Perry forced Japan…
S1E91 91. The Peculiar Practices Of The Ottoman Rulers | A Day In History
Many people today remember the Ottoman Empire as the „Sick Man of Europe”, an epithet the collapsing empire earned during the 19th and early parts of the 20th century. The description was no doubt…
S1E90 90. The Diabolical Persecution Of The Jewish People Throughout History | A Day In History
The Jewish people have often been the target of persecution. There are several reasons for this, thoughmany of them do not make sense when looked at rationally. Later in this video, we will tell you…
S1E89 89. The Unspeakable Punishments Of The Byzantine Empire | A Day In History
In the year 395, the Roman Empire split into two parts: the Western Roman Empire, which included Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire, sometimes called “The Byzantine Empire” after its capitol at…
S1E88 88. The Untold African Slave Revolt Against Their Arab Masters: The Zanj Rebellion | A Day In History
For about ten years between 871881, a revolt in today’s southern Iraq destabilized an entire empire. The death toll resulting from this revolt may have been as “low” as 100,000 and as high as a…
S1E87 87. The Unspeakable Things Pope John XII Did During His Reign | A Day In History
“Our” pope, John XII, ruled over Western Christendom from 955963 some six hundred years afterPope Damasus. Damasus had been appointed by the Emperor Theodosius, but by the time of John XII,popes were…
S1E86 86. A Brief History Of Medieval Serial Killers | A Day In History
Serial killers. Nations become glued to their televisions or news feeds when just the suspicion of a serial killer roams in their midst. The term serial killer has only been used since the late…
S1E85 85. The Bizarre Lives Of People In Human Zoos | A Day In History
Hey, folks! Today we are going to dive into a disturbing topic that is rarely discussed and mostly left out of history books: Human Zoos. Most of you probably had no idea such a thing existed, and…
S1E84 84. The Diabolical Things That Napoleon Bonaparte Did During His Reign | A Day In History
Napoleon Bonaparte, born in then Italian Corsica in 1769, was the dominant personality of his time. He died in exile on the lonely British South Atlantic island of St. Helena in 1821. But though he…
S1E83 83. The Diabolical Things That Timur Did During His Reign | A Day In History
We hope you read more about Timur after you watch this video. There's so much more to learn. One of those things is easy: Timur is just one version of the name of the last great Mongol conqueror. His…
S1E82 82. Love-Making And Marriage During The Viking Era | A Day In History
When we think about the Vikings, love, and marriage are usually not the first things that come to mind. However, we might occasionally think about the Vikings and sex when watching one of the many…
S1E81 81. The Diabolical History Of The "Comfort Women" Of WWII | A Day In History
One of the most tragic stories of WWII is that of the "comfort women", a polite name for the forced kidnapping or coercion of women and girls by the Japanese Army to "comfort" their soldiers.As in…
S1E80 80. The Bizarre Life Of China's First Emperor: Qin Shi Huang | A Day In History
Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of Ancient China, is most famous for constructing the Great Wall that protected the Chinese realm against Mongolian incursions for millennia, and for the legions of…
S1E79 79. The Unspeakable Things That Happened During The Cold War | A Day In History
The Cold War was the period of great tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, which lasted from 1945 until the fall of the Soviet Union, or "USSR," in 1991. The greatest fear of the…
S1E78 78. The Brutal Things Mehmed II Did To His Enemies | A Day In History
Mehmed the Conqueror was a fearsome ruler that transformed the Ottoman Empire with his ambitious war plans and inflicting terror throughout his campaigns to the east. Europeans in the west were…
S1E77 77. These Bizarre Nazi Documents Reveal The Most Horrifying Secrets | A Day In History
One of the things that often stuns people learning about the Nazis for the first time is the sheer amount of information available to us about them – authored by the Nazis. In this video, we will…
S1E76 76. Russia's Top Secret Assassination Squad: KGB's 13th Division | A Day In History
In 1940, the Bolshevik revolutionary and first head of the Red Army, Leon Trotsky, was offed in Mexico City. Trotsky fled the Soviet Union in 1928 after he came out at the bottom of a power struggle…
S1E75 75. The Unspeakable Things Vikings Did During Their Reign | A Day In History
In February 2022, Netflix premiered the sequel to History Channel's "Vikings," called "Vikings: Valhalla." Two main characters are the famous Leif Eriksson and his sister, Freydis Eriksdotter. As you…
S1E74 74. Love-Making And Marriage In The Aztec Civilization | A Day In History
Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.99/mo before the deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/DayHistoryHave you ever asked your school teacher for permission to get married? No? Well, if you'd beenan Aztec,…
S1E73 73. The Diabolical Things Russian Tsars Did During Their Reign | A Day In History
The Brutal Things Russian Tsars Did During Their ReignBefore Putin, the Soviet Union, Stalin, and Lenin, Russia was governed by the Tsars, an eccentric bunch of emperors and empresses who ruled the…
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