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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · April 8

THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 8

April 8 in history

1271 — The fall of Krak

8 Apr 1271 — Baibars takes the impregnable castle by siege and a forged surrender order. If Krak could fall, nothing in Outremer was safe.

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