It happened today – this day in history – August 16
1513: Henry VIII and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I beat France at the Battle of the Spurs at Guinegate. 1743:
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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 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 – December 22
401: Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. 1849: The execution of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky by firing squad
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It happened today – this day in history – October 21
1520: Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific Ocean.
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It happened today – this day in history – October 11
1138: An earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000 people. 1737: An earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of
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It happened today – this day in history – October 3
1226: Death of St Francis of Assisi. 1712: The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob
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