Historical Events
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Historical EventsA Swedish warship sank before leaving its capital's harbor
Vasa was built to display Swedish naval power, but its tall, heavily armed hull proved dangerously unstable. The warship sank in Stockholm harbor on its maiden voyage in 1628. Its loss exposed failures of design and command, and its later recovery preserved remarkable evidence of seventeenth-century shipbuilding.
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Historical EventsA settlement in Brazil's interior resisted repeated military expeditions
The War of Canudos was a conflict between the First Brazilian Republic and the residents of Canudos in the northeastern state of Bahia, between 1896 and 1897. It was waged in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery in Brazil and the overthrow of the monarchy.
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