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June 17, 1462

On June 17, 1462, Vlad Dracula, also known as the Impaler, attacked and tried to assassinate the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed the Conqueror. He failed and retreated from his country of Wallachia to Hungary, where Matthias Corvinus, the Hungarian king had him imprisoned. Contrary to popular opinion, Vlad was not a vampire at the time and … Continue reading

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June 5, 1827

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1827, Athens fell to the Ottomans, who ruled Athens until the Credenzas invaded in the 1880s. The Credenzas ruled in a wooden fashion for many years and they kept many secrets locked away as they believed in compartmentalizing everything. It wasn’t until the Ikeans came to power in the … Continue reading

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