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AncientPages.com  - On 25 August 1609, precisely 410 years ago today, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new invention, a telescope, an important instrument

AncientPages.com - On August 23, 1305, great Scottish hero William Wallace was hanged, drawn, and cut into pieces. It was a traitor's death. On this day, William Wallace was

AncientPages.com - On August 21, 1680, Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from the Spanish.Pueblo Indians were peaceful people who managed to endure much after New Mexico's colonization in

AncientPages.com - On August 19, 1759, the naval Battle of Lagos between the Royal Navy of Britain and France, which began one day earlier, continued. This historical event happened

AncientPages.com - On August 17, 1970, Venera 7, a Soviet spacecraft, was launched from Earth as part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed

AncientPages.com - On 15 August 1057, Macbeth was killed at the Battle of Lumphanan in 1057 by forces loyal to the future Malcolm III. He was buried on

AncientPages.com - On Aug. 13, 1792, the National Tribunal in Paris formally arrested King Louis XVI of France and the royal family, including Queen Mary Antoinette, the king’s son

AncientPages.com - On August 11, 3114 BC, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar began. It was in use by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, especially the Maya. According to Maya theology,

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – We all know that tomatoes are red. That's no news, but how did they become red, and why are they, not blue,

AncientPages.com - On August 8, 1220, the Battle of Lihula was fought between the invading Swedish army and Estonians to control a castle in Lihula, Estonia. The castle

AncientPages.com - On Aug 6, 1840,  Adolph Bandelier, a Swiss-American anthropologist famous for his studies of the American Indian cultures, was born. Bandelier was the first historian and

AncientPages.com - Is the story of the ancient Chinese 'Great Flood' really true? Scientists are convinced the event is real and they have now found evidence of one of

AncientPages.com - Punishment for cheating and bribery in the Olympics of ancient Greece could include fines, public flogging and statewide bans from competition. Ironically, according to ancient Greek mythology,

AncientPages.com - On August 2, 1798, Nelson won one of the most significant victories of the British admiral Horatio Nelson. It was fought between the British and French fleets

AncientPages.com - On July 31, 1451, Jacques Cœur was arrested on the order of Charles VII of France. This historical scandal occurred in medieval France on this day when