It happened today – on this day in history – February 26
1564: Birth of dramatist Christopher Marlowe in Canterbury. 1606: First known European landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Jansz.
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It happened today – this day in history – February 13
1258: Baghdad falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed and tens of thousands are slaughtered. 1542: Catherine
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It happened today – this day in history – January 13
1099: Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria. 1404: The Act of Multipliers is passed by Parliament forbidding alchemists to use
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It happened today – this day in history – January 7
1536:Catherine of Aragon dies aged 50. 1558: Calais, the last English possession in France, is retaken by the French. 1598:
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It happened today – this day in history – August 25
1482: Death of Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI aged 52. 1530: Birth of Ivan the Terrible, first tsar
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It happened today – this day in history – January 8
871: Ethelred I of Wessex and his brother Alfred The Great defeat the invading Danish army at the Battle of
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It happened today – this day in history – January 7
1536: Death of Catherine of Aragon aged 50. 1601: Robert, Earl of Essex, leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
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