It happened today – this day in history – March 28
193AD: Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
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Read more1065: Westminster Abbey is consecrated. 1612: Galileo Galilei observes and records a “fixed star” without realising it is the undiscovered
Read more1694: The Royal Society censures astronomer Edmond Halley for suggesting in a paper titled ‘Some considerations about the cause of
Read more1539: Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves. 1669: Death of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn aged 66. 1777: General George
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