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 2
1214: The Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers), part of King John of England’s attempt to reclaim Normandy from France. 1566:
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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 – 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 21
1720: Sweden and Prussia sign a peace treaty ending hostilities during the Great Northern War. 1793: Louis XVI of France
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It happened today – this day in history – January 11
1693: The most powerful earthquake in Italian recorded history strikes Sicily and Southern Italy. 1787: Titania and Oberon, moons of
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It happened today – this day in history – January 5
1066: Death of Edward the Confessor. 1463: French poet Francois Villon is banished from Paris. 1500: Duke Ludovico Sforza reconquers
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It happened today – on this day in history – December 26
1492: The first Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded in modern day Haiti by Christopher Columbus.
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