It happened today – on this day in history – December 21
1117: Archbishop of Centerbury Thomas Becket is born in London. 1804: Benjamin Disraeli is born in London. 1844: The Rochdale
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It happened today – this day in history – September 19
1356: English forces under Edward The Black Prince defeat the French at theBattle of Poitiers and capture the French King
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It happened today – this day in history – March 27
196BC: Ptolemy V becomes Pharaoh of Egypt. 1378: Death of Gregory XI, the last French Pope. 1513: Spanish conquistador Juan
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It happened today – on this day in history – March 1
1445: Birth of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli. 1565: Portuguese soldier Estácio de Sá founds the city of Rio de Janeiro,
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It happened today – this day in history – February 7
1301: Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes the first English Prince of Wales. 1613: Michail Romanov, aged 16, becomes
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It happened today – this day in history – February 5
1649: The Prince of Wales is proclaimed King Charles II of Great Britian by Covenanter Parliament of Scotland. 1788: Birth
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It happened today – this day in history – December 16
1485: Birth of Catherine of Aragon. 1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama became the first European to sail the east
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