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Handel's Messiah, Darwin's Galápagos & US Constitution Signed | Sep 14–20
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This week in history: Handel completes the Messiah in 24 days, Darwin steps ashore in the Galápagos, and 39 men sign the US Constitution. From the Mayflower's departure to New Zealand granting women the vote, eight centuries of world-changing moments share one calendar week.
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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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