It happened today – this day in history – September 20
1187: Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. 1258: Salisbury Cathedral is inaugurated. 1486: Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry
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It happened today – this day in history – September 7
70AD: The Romans occupy and plunder Jerusalem. 1191: Richard I defeats Saladin at Arsuf in the Third Crusade. 1497: Pretender
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It happened today – this day in history – August 12
30BC: Cleopatra commits suicide. 1323: The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first
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It happened today – this day in history – August 11
1492: Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI. 1597: Germany throws out English sales people. 1786: Captain Francis Light establishes
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It happened today – this day in history – July 29
904: Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli. 1221: Emperor Go-Horikawa, aged only 10 years
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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 – June 28
1461: Edward IV is crowned king of England. 1491: Birth of Henry VIII in London. 1577: Birth of Flemish Baroque
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It happened today – this day in history – June 27
1462: Louis XII is born in Château de Blois, France. 1550: Charles IX is born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. 1542: Conquistador
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It happened today – this day in history – March 5
1133: Birth of Henry II. 1496: Henry VII grants John Cabot a commission to explore for new lands. 1558: Smoking
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It happened today – this day in history – December 10
1896: Death of Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel 1901: The first Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded
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