It happened today – this day in history – July 7
1307: Edward I dies aged 68. 1456: A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after she
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It happened today – this day in history – July 6
1189: Richard I is crowned King of England upon the death of King Henry II. 1249: Death of Alexander II,
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It happened today – this day in history – July 4
1415: Angelo Correr renounces his claim to the Papacy as Pope Gregory XII. 1610: Sigmund III’s Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats
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It happened today – this day in history – July 2
1566: Death of astrologist Nostradamus (Michel de Nostre-Dam) aged 62 (wonder if he saw that one coming). 1578: Martin Frobisher
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It happened today – this day in history – June 17
1239: Birth of Edward I in London. 1462: Vlad Dracula III (the Impaler) attempts to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him
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It happened today – this day in history – June 13
1525: Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and
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It happened today – this day in history – June 12
1381: Rebels arrive at Blackheath during the peasants’ revolt 1665: New Amsterdam legally becomes an English colony and is renamed
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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
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It happened today – this day in history – June 1
193: Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. 1215: Beijing is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan. 1495: First written
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It happened today – this day in history – May 26
1538: Geneva expels protestant reformer John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for
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