It happened today – this day in history – May 29
1176: The Lombard League beats Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle at Legnano. 1453: Constantinople,
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It happened today – this day in history – May 8
1348: A ship from Bordeaux carrying the plague, lands in Melcombe Regis (now Weymouth), Dorset. 1360: The Treaty of Brétigny
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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 3
1043: Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. 1367: Henry IV is born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs. 1657: Lord
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It happened today – this day in history – March 24
1603: Scottish King James VI, son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to
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It happened today – this day in history – March 20
1413: Death of Henry IV. 1616: Walter Raleigh is released from the Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana.
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It happened today – this day in history – March 9
1454: Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci is born in Florence. 1497: Nicholaus Copernicus’ first recorded astronomical observation. 1522: Martin Luther begins
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It happened today – this day in history – February 6
1189: Riots in Norfolk spread to Norwich. 1665: Queen Anne (Stuart) is born in St James’ Palace. 1685: The Duke
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It happened today – this day in history – January 27
1556: Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1591: Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian
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It happened today – this day in history – January 22
871: The Danish invasion army beats Saxon Ethelred of Wessex at the Battle of Basing. 1371: King Robert II of
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