It happened today – this day in history – July 13
1174: William I of Scotland, key rebel in the revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to
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It happened today – this day in history – July 12
1109: Crusaders capture Tripoli. 1191: Richard the Lionheart and crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine. 1542: French troops occupy Flanders. 1543:
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It happened today – this day in history – July 11
1274: Birth of Robert the Bruce in Scotland. 1533: Pope Clement VII excommunicates Henry VIII. 1576: Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
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It happened today – this day in history – July 10
48BC: Julius Ceasar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania).
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It happened today – this day in history – July 9
1401: Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540: Henry VIII annuls his six month marriage to his fourth wife
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It happened today – this day in history – July 8
975: Death of Edgar, King of England. 1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the
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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 – July 6
1189: Richard I is crowned King of England upon the death of King Henry II. 1249: Death of Alexander II,
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It happened today – this day in history – July 5
1295: Scotland and France form an alliance against England. 1596: The English fleet captures Cadiz. 1687: Isaac Newton’s great work
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It happened today – this day in history – July 4
1415: Angelo Correr renounces his claim to the Papacy as Pope Gregory XII. 1610: Sigmund III’s Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats
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