It happened today – this day in history – March 9
1454: Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci is born in Florence. 1497: Nicholaus Copernicus’ first recorded astronomical observation. 1522: Martin Luther begins
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It happened today – this day in history – January 28
814: Death of Charlemagne aged 71. 1099: 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria.. 1225: Birth of St Thomas Aquinas
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