It happened today – this day in history – January 29
1594: Mathematician John Napier predicts end of the world in 1688 or 1700. 1728: John Gay’s “The Beggar’s Opera” premieres
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It happened today – this day in history – December 14
872: John VIII elected as Catholic Pope. 1476: Vlad III Dracula dies in battle aged 45. 1503: Birth of astrologer
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It happened today – on this day in history – December 11
1282: Llywelyn ab Gruffydd/Llywelyn the last native Prince of Wales is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales. 1395:
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It happened today – this day in history – December 7
43BC: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated in Formiae. 1598: Artist and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini is
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It happened today – this day in history – November 30
1016: Canute, King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund ‘Ironside’. 1523: Amsterdam bans the assembly
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It happened today – this day in history – December 7
1254: Death of Pope Innocent IV. 1703: A storm hits southern England killing thousands. 1732: The Royal Opera House opens
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