TWiH: January 8-12, 2024

This week in History

Monday: on January 8, 1918

President Woodrow Wilson outlined his fourteen points for peace following World War I. Unit 26, Section 77: The Great War

Tuesday: on January 9, 1349

Jewish residents of Basel, Switzerland were massacred after being blamed for the Black Plague. BItH Unit 14, Section 42: The Plague

Wednesday: on January 10, 1776

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is published calling from American independence from Britain. BItH Unit 22, Section 64: American Revolutionary War

Thursday: on January 11, 630

Muhammad and his followers conquered Mecca. BItH Unit 12, Section 35: Rise of Islam

Friday: on January 12, 1628

French writer, Charles Perrault, was born. BItH Unit 20, Peoples XX: French

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