It happened today – this day in history – June 8
452: Attila the Hun invades Italy. 793: Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert’s monastery on Lindisfarne
Read more452: Attila the Hun invades Italy. 793: Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert’s monastery on Lindisfarne
Read more1514: Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn. 1655: The Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant’s desire to exclude
Read more1284: Birth of Edward II at Caernarfon Castle, Wales. 1599: Oliver Cromwell is born in Huntingdon. 1607: The Dutch fleet
Read more456: St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop. 1424: James I of Scotland returns home after 18 years
Read more1043: Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. 1367: Henry IV is born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs. 1657: Lord
Read more742: Birth of Charlemagne. 1453: Turkish forces begin the siege of Constantinople. 1513: Juan Ponce de Leon claims Florida for
Read more1227: Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX. 1571: Spanish troops occupy Manila in The Philippines. 1644: 200 members
Read more871: The Danish invasion army beats Saxon Ethelred of Wessex at the Battle of Basing. 1371: King Robert II of
Read more17: Death of the Roman poet Ovid. 1570: Ivan the Terrible’s march to Novgorod begins. 1757: British troops occupy Calcutta.
Read more456: St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop. 1424: James I of Scotland returns home after 18 years
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