It happened today – this day in history – June 6
1665: English and Portuguese armies beat Spain at the Battle of Monte Carlo. 1683: The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford opens
Read more1665: English and Portuguese armies beat Spain at the Battle of Monte Carlo. 1683: The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford opens
Read more1318: Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English. 1748: The ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque
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Read more192: Roman emperor Commodus survives a poisoning attempt by his mistress only to be strangled in the bath. 1491: French
Read more563: The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes. 1167:
Read more1620: French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII. 1672: Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn. 1688: James
Read more1154: Henry II is crowned King of England. 1642: Four of explorer Abel Rasman’s crew are killed at Wharewharangi Bay
Read more1470: Edward V is born in Westminster. 1734: Birth of American frontiersman Daniel Boone in Pennsylvania. 1755: Birth of Marie
Read more1009: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks
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