British and French troops take the Russian stronghold of Sevastapol in the Crimea

British and French troops finally take the Russian stronghold of Sevastapol, marking a major turning point in the Crimean War and leading the belligerents towards an eventual peace settlement. (Brian Bockelman)
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Neville Williams, ed., Chronology of World History, vol. 3 (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1999), 292.
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