It happened today – on this day in history – February 25
138: Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. 1570: Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I for heresy
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It happened today – this day in history – October 29
539BC: King Cyrus “the Great” of Persia marches into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives and allowing them to return home. 1390:
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It happened today – this day in history – September 5
1548: Death of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII. 1638: Birth of Louis XIV in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.
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