It happened today – on this day in history – March 7
322BC: Death of Aristotle. 1274: Death of Italian theologian Thomas Aquinas. 1530: Henry VIII’s request to divorce Catherine of Aragon
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It happened today – this day in history – December 14
872: John VIII elected as Catholic Pope. 1476: Vlad III Dracula dies in battle aged 45. 1503: Birth of astrologer
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It happened today – this day in history – March 7
322BC: Death of Aristotle. 1274: Death of Italian theologian Thomas Aquinas. 1530: Henry VIII’s request to divorce Catherine of Aragon
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It happened today – this day in history – December 14
557: Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, is significantly damaged by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. 1476: Vlad II Dracula
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It happened today – this day in history – October 20
1714: Coronation of George I. 1813: The Kingdom of Westphalia is abolished. 1818: The 49th parallel forms as the border
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It happened today – this day in history – September 2
1666: The Great Fire of London began in Pudding Lane in the house of Thomas Farynor, baker to King Charles
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