It happened today – this day in history – April 5
456: St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop. 1424: James I of Scotland returns home after 18 years
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Read more1199: Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leads to his death on April 6. 1306:
Read more537: Goths lay siege to Rome. 1513: Giovanni de’ Medici chosen as Pope Leo X. 1702: The first English daily
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