FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2026
1703-Edirne Incident: Turkish army ousts Sultan Mustafa II, replacing him with his brother Ahmed III, reducing the power of the Sultan 1772-King Gustav III of Sweden completes a coup d'état by adopting a new constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot, ending fifty years of parliamentary rule 1888-American inventor William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine 1911-The Mona…
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- FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2026 koreatimes.co.kr
