Adolf Hitler once said: The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes. And we can agree with that sentiment, even if it came from a man like Hitler.
Below is some of that history:
1810 Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
2017 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaims victory over Islamic State forces in Mosul.
2017 Hundreds of thousands protest against the Turkish government at a rally in Istanbul, Turkey.
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