It happened today – this day in history – October 27
939: Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England. 1644: Charles I defeats parliamentary armies at the Second Battle of
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It happened today – this day in history – October 17
1346: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III at Calais and imprisoned in the Tower of London
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It happened today – this day in history – September 20
1187: Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. 1258: Salisbury Cathedral is inaugurated. 1486: Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry
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It happened today – this day in history – August 29
1261: Jacques Pantaleon is elected as Pope Urban IV. 1350: The English fleet under Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet
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It happened today – this day in history – June 15
763BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 1215: King John
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It happened today – this day in history – June 4
1070: Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France. 1647: Charles I is taken prisoner by the English Parliamentary
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It happened today – on this day in history – March 2
1316: Birth of King Robert II of Scotland, first monarch of the House of Stewart. 1629: Charles I dissolves parliament.
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It happened today – this day in history – January 6
1066: King Harald of England crowned. 1367: Birth of Richard II. 1617: Court favourite George Villiers is made Earl of
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