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718 – Forces of the Umayyad Caliphate abandoned a year-long siege of Constantinople, ending their goal of conquering the Byzantine Empire.
1038 – Upon the death of his uncle Stephen I, Peter (depicted) became the second king of Hungary.
1909 – A military coup against the government of Dimitrios Rallis began in the neighbourhood of Goudi in Athens, Greece.
1944 – World War II: Allied forces began Operation Dragoon, their invasion of southern France.
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