Revolt at Pavia William Wickings The results of these experiments

The results of these experiments are considered to be an early milestone in high energy plasma physics

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December 1967 following much criticism of the Beatles film Magical Mystery Tour which was shown on BBC TV on Boxing Day

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Revolt at Pavia William Wickings The results of these experimentsRevolt at Pavia, Italy 7 Prairial, Year 4 (May 1796). Pavia was under the control of the Austrians until captured by Napoleon in 1796. On 23rd and 24th May 1796, 10,000 local people, led by their priest, revolted and surrounded the French garrison. Napoleon crushed the revolt and had the leaders shot, a fate shared by the French army captain of the garrison, who had surrendered to the rebels without a fight.