1349 Between 100 and 3,000 Jews are killed in Black Death riots in Erfurt, Germany
1804 Napoleonic Code adopted in France, stresses clearly written and accessible law
1871 Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
1975 Ethiopia abolishes its monarchy after 3,000 years
2014 Russia formally annexes Crimea amid international condemnation
Source: Onthisday.com
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