It happened today – this day in history – April 22
1370: Building begins on the Bastille in Paris. 1500: Pedro Alvares Cabral is the first European to discover Brazil and
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It happened today – this day in history – February 7
1238: The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. 1301: Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes the first English
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It happened today – this day in history – January 27
1556: Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1591: Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian
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It happened today – this day in history – January 1
49: Roman emperor Claudius marries his niece Agrippina. 1502: Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro. 1515: Francis I succeeds Louis
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It happened today – this day in history – July 7
1307: Edward I dies aged 68. 1456: A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after she
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It happened today – this day in history – January 12
1723: Handel’s opera “Ottone” premieres at the King’s Theatre London. 1816: France decrees that the Bonaparte family be excluded from
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