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The American invasion of York in 1813. (Toronto Public Library) On this day in 1796, the capital of Upper Canada (or, modern-day Ontario) was moved from Old Newark to York. Formerly occupied by the Iroquoian Seneca, York was a small spot at the mouth of the Don River and a waypoint on the Humber Portage…
Imperial Russian troops care for wounded German prisoners after a battle on the Eastern Front. (Flickr) On this day in 1915 - well into WWI - the German 9th Army launched an attack against Imperial Russian positions located near Bolimów, a small Polish town 50 km (31 miles) from Warsaw. The town was not of…
