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San Marino is born, the western Roman Empire dies, and more
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The Abbasids defeat a Tang Chinese army and secure Islam's foothold in Central Asia.
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The army of the Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople for the first time, Arab-Berber invaders defeat the Visigothic king of Spain, and more
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Revolutionaries storm the Bastile, Crusaders conquer Jerusalem, and more
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The Great Eastern Crisis begins, the Sultanate of Bengal ends, and more
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The Qing dynasty begins to emerge, Constantinople falls to the Ottomans, and more
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A Byzantine army defeats an Arab raiding party and, in the process, helps spark a period of imperial expansion.
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