It happened today – on this day in history – December 25
352: The first definite date Christmas was celebrated on this day. 597: England adopts the Julian calendar. 800: Pope Leo
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It happened today – on this day in history – December 8
1542: Mary, Queen of Scots is born in Linlithgow Palace, Scotland. 1710: General James Stanhope is captured by French and
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It happened today – this day in history – November 26
1476: Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes
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One of only two confirmed photos of Lincoln (centre facing camera) at Gettysburg on November 19 1863
It happened today – this day in history – November 19
1274: The Mongol army lands at Hakata Bay in Japan during their first invasion attempt and are defeated;. A typhoon
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It happened today – this day in history – October 21
1520: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific
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It happened today – this day in history – October 11
October 11 1138: An earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000. 1521: Pope Leo X titles Henry VIII “Defender
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It happened today – this day in history – October 1
331BC: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela. 959: Edgar I, the Peaceful, becomes
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It happened today – this day in history – August 24
79: Mt Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing 15,000. 410: Rome is overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for
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It happened today – this day in history – August 23
1305: Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I. 1500: Governor Francisco De Bobadilla arrives in
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It happened today – this day in history – August 19
14AD: Death of first Roman Emperor Augustus aged 75. 1274: Edward I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
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