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Galileo's Recantation, Operation Barbarossa & a River on Fire | Jun 22–28
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From Galileo forced to recant before the Inquisition to the largest military invasion in history, this week's historical events span science, war, nature, and art across five centuries. Strap in for a brisk tour of the moments that shaped the world you're living in right now.
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On September twenty-first, eleven seventy, in Dublin, Ireland, Anglo-Norman forces swept into the Kingdom of Dublin and seized control, dealing a decisive blow to Gaelic rule on the island. It was a military conquest with consequences that would echo for centuries, planting the roots of English involvement in Irish affairs.
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