Pick an interesting one!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_19
1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
Hundred years War:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War
Date | 24 May 1337 – 19 October 1453[h] (116 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 4 days) |
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Location | France, the Low Countries, Great Britain, Iberian Peninsula |
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Territorial changes | England permanently loses all of its previous continental possessions but gains the Pale of Calais. |
The war featured people fighting a war that started with their great, great, great grandparents!(5 generations).
1981 – Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
Way to go, Ronny.