It happened today – this day in history – July 2
1566: Death of astrologist Nostradamus (Michel de Nostre-Dam) aged 62 (wonder if he saw that one coming). 1578: Martin Frobisher
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It happened today – this day in history – May 3
1621: Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon is accused of bribery. 1758: Death of Pope Benedict XIV aged 83. 1802: Washington D.C.
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It happened today – this day in history – April 25
1284: Birth of Edward II at Caernarfon Castle, Wales. 1599: Oliver Cromwell is born in Huntingdon. 1607: The Dutch fleet
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1981: Robert De Niro wins the Oscar for playing boxer Jake La Motta in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull
It happened today – this day in history – March 31
1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus, The Philippines. 1596: Birth of French philosopher
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It happened today – on this day in history – February 20
1472: Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment. 1547: Edward VI is crowned
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It happened today – on this day in history – February 17
1461: Wars of the Roses: Second Battle of St Albans – Lancastrian army defeats Yorkists and recaptures King Henry VI.
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It happened today – this day in history – January 5
1066: Death of Edward The Confessor. 1531: Pope Clemes VII forbids Henry VIII from remarrying. 1719: Britain, Hannover, Saxony-Poland and
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It happened today – this day in history – October 25
1131: Louis VII the Young is crowned King of France. 1400: Death of author Geoffrey Chaucer. 1415: Henry V’s forces
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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. 1207: Henry III born in Winchester
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It happened today – this day in history – September 18
1709: Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield. His dictionary took him eight years to compile. 1810: Chile gained independence from
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