Week 40: The Siege of Leiden
· 25 min · Episode 50040
Episode Week 40: The Siege of Leiden
This week in history we’ve got the introduction of the Gregorian Calendar, we’ve got a full-scale riot caused by cheese, we’ve got the birth of the unsinkable stewardess - and we’ve got a Dutch city rescued by pirates surfing across farmland.
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