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The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Incident is the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers—James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald McArthur—who vanished without leaving any trace from the lighthouse on Eilean Mòr, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, in December 1900. The Disappearance of the Keepers On the morning of 15 December 1900, the three keepers had completed their routine maintenance and cleaning duties. By the afternoon of the same day, their fate had become uncertain. On the rele

Black January (Black January, 20 January) is the name given to the events that occurred during the night of 19 January 1990 to 20 January 1990, when a 26,000-strong Soviet military force intervened militarily in Baku and several other cities of Azerbaijan. During the intervention, armored vehicles entered Baku from five directions; unarmed civilians were shot at; tanks and heavy armored vehicles were driven into civilian crowds; and ambulances and passenger buses were fired upon. On 19 January 1

In the past, the Ottoman State had a very powerful and brave army: the Janissaries. For many years, the Janissaries ensured the victory of numerous wars. However, as time passed, these soldiers stopped undergoing training and began to disregard rules. When this situation made the functioning of the state difficult, a major change became necessary. This major transformation, namely the abolition of the Janissary Corps, is known as the "Vak'a-i Hayriye," or the "Auspicious Event." Why Did the Jani

The Falklands War, known in Argentina as the Malvinas War (Guerra de las Malvinas) and in some sources as the South Atlantic War (Guerra del Atlántico Sur), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and associated territories in the South Atlantic.【1】 Following Argentina’s military operation on 2 April 1982 to seize control of the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom dispatched a task force comprising naval, air, and land units; the 7

The Pendle Witch Trials, which took place in 1612 in the county of Lancashire, England, are among the most extensive witch trials in the country’s history. Considering that fewer than 500 people were executed for witchcraft over a period of more than 300 years in England, the death sentences handed down in the Pendle case alone accounted for approximately 2 percent of all witch executions in English history.【1】 Details of the case have reached us through the official records compiled and publish