It happened today – this day in history – November 18
1307: William Tell reputedly shoots an apple off his son’s head. 1477: First English dated printed book “Dictes & Sayengis
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It happened today – this day in history – November 16
1272: Death of Henry III. 1380: French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever. 1532: Explorer Francisco Pizzaro captures
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It happened today – this day in history – November 15
1492: Christopher Columbus makes the first recorded reference to tobacco. 1532: Pope Clemens VII tells Henry VIII to end relationship
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It happened today – this day in history – November 14
1380: King Charles VI of France crowned aged 12. 1650: Birth of William III. 1666: Samuel Pepys writes about the
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It happened today – this day in history – November 13
1002: Ethlered The Unready of England launches a massacre of Danish settlers. 1312: Birth of Edward III. 1553: Lady Jane
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It happened today – on this day in history – November 12
1793: Jean Sylvain Bailly, first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined. 1847: Sir James Young Simpson is the first to use
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It happened today – this day in history – November 11
1640: Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, is impeached by the House of Lords on the evidence of John Pym and
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It happened today – this day in history – November 10
1483: Birth of German theologian Martin Luther. 1619: Rene Descartes has the dream that inspires his “Meditations on First Philosophy”.
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It happened today – on this day in history – November 9
1541: Catherine Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth wife is confined in the Tower of London. 1580: Spanish troops land in Ireland.
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It happened today – this day in history – November 8
392: Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christianity the state religion. 1431: Birth of Vlad The Impaler of Wallachia in Transylvania. 1674:
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