It happened today – this day in history – July 9
1401: Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540: Henry VIII annuls his six month marriage to his fourth wife
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It happened today – this day in history – June 24
1314: Scotland regains independence from England at the Battle of Bannockburn. 1340: The English fleet destroys the French at the
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It happened today – this day in history – June 23
930: The Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi, the world’s oldest parliament, is established. 1547: Champion of the Protestant Reformation, Philip I,
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It happened today – this day in history – June 16
1487: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell at the Battle of Stoke Field – the last
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It happened today – this day in history – June 14
1381: Richard II meets leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt on Blackheath. 1645: The Tower of London is stormed The “New
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It happened today – this day in history – May 17
1510: Death of painter Sandro Botticelli. 1536: Anne Boleyn’s supposed “four lovers” are executed shortly before her own beheading two
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It happened today – this day in history – May 12
1191: Richard I (the Lionheart) marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus. 1215: English barons serve an ultimatum on King John
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It happened today – this day in history – January 16
1493: Christopher Columbus leaves the New World for Spain. 1547: Ivan the Terrible declares himself first Tsar of Moscow. 1581:
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It happened today – this day in history – December 10
1896: Death of Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel 1901: The first Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded
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It happened today – this day in history – November 22
1675: Charles II adjourns Parliament. 1718: Death of the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach) in battle. 1830: Earl Charles Grey becomes
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