The battle was one of the largest in medieval Europe and is regarded as one of the most important victories in the histories of Poland and Lithuania and is also widely celebrated in Belarus.

The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC, in the era of Homer. Infographics describe Olympia in the era of Hellenism (III – I BC) and facts about the first Olympic games.

The word sniping as a characteristic of marksmanship appeared at the end of the 18th century. However, the first military snipers of the 19th century were called sharpshooters. And the word "sniper" in the modern sense came from the newspapers at the beginning of the First World War.

A fire ship or fireship, used in the days of wooden rowed or sailing ships, was a ship filled with combustibles, or gunpowder deliberately set on fire and steered (or, when possible, allowed to drift) into an enemy fleet, in order to destroy ships, or to create panic and make the enemy break formation.

US air force bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — the only examples of the use of military nuclear weapons in the history of mankind

Intricate African throwing knives have many shapes and names: pinga, hungamunga, trombash, mambela, kulbeda, onzil, etc. Closer to the north, simpler and larger f-shaped forms prevail, the most complex, "multi-petal" forms are characteristic of the equatorial regions

On December 1, 1934, at about 4:30 pm, Nikolaev watched Kirov near his office in the corridor on the third floor of Smolny and fired a revolver in the back of his head. The killer tried to commit suicide by shooting himself, but missed and lost consciousness. He was detained at the crime scene in a state of shock and taken to a psychiatric hospital.

Also called the fall of Acre took place in 1291 and resulted in the Crusaders losing control of Acre to the Mamluks. It is considered one of the most important battles of the period. Although the crusading movement continued for several more centuries, the capture of the city marked the end of further crusades to the Levant.

Aum Shinrikyo sect attack using poison gas in the Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995.