18,000 Horsemen at Five O'Clock: The Relief of Vienna
On September 12, 1683, Polish king Jan III Sobieski led some 18,000 horsemen down the Kahlenberg in a charge that shattered the Ottoman siege of Vienna.
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The Day the Roman Empire Finally Fell
On May 29, 1453, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the last unbroken line of ancient Rome.
The Bridge That Was a Trap: Stirling, 1297
On September 11, 1297, William Wallace and Andrew de Moray turned a narrow bridge over the River Forth into a death trap for a much larger English army.