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11 August 2026 Tuesday · 277 stories
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Great Famine Grips Europe

Edward II, monarch of England, attempts to provision his royal household. The market has other ideas.

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Great Famine Grips Europe
Image: Scanned (by me) from the cover of The Great Famine (1996) by William Chester Jordan. Original cover art from a photograp · Public domain
Theodoric Defeats Odoacer at Battle of Adda — Milan, Italy
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Theodoric Defeats Odoacer at Battle of Adda

One king offers to share an empire, only to end the meal by splitting his rival in two. A feast, then a fatal twist.

Milan, Italy

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