It happened today – this day in history – July 6
1189: Richard I is crowned King of England upon the death of King Henry II. 1249: Death of Alexander II,
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It happened today – this day in history – June 19
987: Louis IV is crowned king of France. 1306: The Earl of Pembroke’s army defeats Robert Bruce’s Scottish army at
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It happened today – this day in history – June 11
1144: Basilica of St Denis is dedicated near Paris, the first fully Gothic church. 1345: Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of
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It happened today – this day in history – May 17
1510: Death of painter Sandro Botticelli. 1536: Anne Boleyn’s supposed “four lovers” are executed shortly before her own beheading two
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It happened today – this day in history – April 24
1731: Death of novelist Daniel Defoe. 1801: First performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “Die Jahreszeiten”. 1872: Mt Vesuvius erupts in
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It happened today – this day in history – April 23
871: Death of Ethelred I, King of Wessex. 1014: King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of
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It happened today – this day in history – April 21
753BC: Traditional date for when Romulus and Remus founded Rome. 1536: Thomas Cromwell begins to plan Anne Boleyn’s downfall while
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It happened today – this day in history – April 17
1397: Geoffrey Chaucer tells the “Canterbury Tales” for the first time at the court of Richard II. 1492: Christopher Columbus
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It happened today – this day in history – April 10
1516: The first Jewish ghetto is established when Venice compels Jews to live in a certain area. 1607: The British
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It happened today – this day in history – March 17
45BC: In his last victory, Julius Ceasar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the
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