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List of Alamo defenders. Partial scan of the March 24, 1836 Telegraph and Texas Register with the first Texian list of defenders killed at the Battle of the Alamo. The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, colonists from the United States joined with Tejanos (Mexicans born ...
The International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi presented to the United Nations Security Council in 1996 concluded that the Ikiza was a genocide. [134] As much as 10% to 15% of the Hutu population of Burundi killed [133] Bangladesh genocide. East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) 1971. 300,000[135] 3,000,000[135][136]
A 38-year-old man hospitalised at The Săpoca Hospital killed 5 people and hurt 8 with an infusion stand Bascov killings: 9 August 2022: Bascov, Argeș County, Romania: 5: A 52-year-old mentally ill man killed 5 members of his family. [24] Timișoara killings: 29 June 2023 Timișoara, Timiș County, Romania 2 A 38-year old man killed 2 elder ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
The French language became an international language, the second international language alongside Latin, in the Middle Ages, "from the fourteenth century onwards".It was not by virtue of the power of the Kingdom of France: '"... until the end of the fifteenth century, the French of the chancellery spread as a political and literary language because the French court was the model of chivalric ...
Death flights. Death flights (Spanish: vuelos de la muerte) are a form of extrajudicial killing in which the victims are dropped to their death from airplanes or helicopters into oceans, large rivers or mountains. Death flights have been carried out in a number of internal conflicts, including by France during the 1947 Malagasy Uprising in ...
France and the Rwandan genocide. A French marine, part of the international force supporting the relief effort for Rwandan refugees, adjusts the concertina wire surrounding the airport. The role of France in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi has been a source of controversy and debate both within and beyond France and Rwanda.
Romanian members of the Iron Guard, arrested by the Army after the pogrom and anti-government rebellion Romanian and German soldiers standing in front of several R35 tanks During the days of the rebellion, Antonescu avoided direct confrontation with the Legionnaires but brought military units, including 100 tanks , into Bucharest from other cities.