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 16
550: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege by bribing the Isaurian garrison. 1362: A storm
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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 – July 16
1054: Three Roman legates fracture relations between Western and Eastern Christian churches by placing invalid Papal Bull of Excommunication on
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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 – June 23
930: The Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi, the world’s oldest parliament, is established. 1547: Champion of the Protestant Reformation, Philip I,
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It happened today – this day in history – June 20
451: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in north east France. 1214: The University of Oxford receives its
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It happened today – this day in history – May 10
1291: Scottish nobles recognize the authority of English King Edward I. 1503: Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands. 1534: French
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It happened today – this day in history – January 21
1276: Pierre de Tarantaise is elected Pope Innocence V. 1542: English Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard,
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It happened today – this day in history – January 16
1493: Christopher Columbus leaves the New World for Spain. 1547: Ivan the Terrible declares himself first Tsar of Moscow. 1581:
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