The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914.
Between 1347 and 1351 the Black Death killed an estimated 25 million to 50 million people in Europe, representing more than 30 percent of the population according to modern historical consensus from multiple scholarly sources.
The Wright brothers achieved the first powered airplane flight on December 17, 1903 lasting 12 seconds.
The common belief that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492 is false because Leif Erikson reached Newfoundland around the year 1000 AD.
The US Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776 but the majority of signatures were not added until August 2, 1776.
The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD AND the fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD together mark the end of the ancient Roman state according to traditional historiography.
The phrase “the British are coming” was never uttered by Paul Revere during his ride on April 18, 1775.
The American Revolutionary War lasted from April 19, 1775 to September 3, 1783, a period of more than 8 years.
More than 60 percent of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were involved in law or politics as their primary profession.
The Gregorian calendar switch in 1752 caused 11 days to be omitted in Britain leading to public protests over “lost time”.