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Post Info TOPIC: Solar eclipse of January 22, 1879


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Eclipse Above The Battle Of Isandhlwana

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On 22 January 1879 a British battalion was massacred by Zulu warriors during the Zulu War in South Africa. At 2:29 PM there was a solar eclipse. The conflict was named the Battle of Isandlwana, the Zulu name for the battle translates as "the day of the dead moon"
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