It happened today – this day in history – August 3
1460: Death of King James II of Scotland aged 29. 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with
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It happened today – this day in history – August 2
216BC: The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae during the Second
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It happened today – this day in history – August 1
30BC: Marc Antony (Marcus Antonius) commits suicide aged 53. 10BC: Birth of Emperor Claudius (Tberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus). 527: Justinian I
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It happened today – this day in history – July 31
54BC: Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar, dies at 66. 30BC: Marc Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian at
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It happened today – this day in history – July 29
904: Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli. 1221: Emperor Go-Horikawa, aged only 10 years
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It happened today – this day in history – July 28
1148: Crusaders abandon their siege of Damascus. 1540: Thomas Cromwell, chief minister for Henry VIII is executed for treason and
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It happened today – this day in history – July 27
1214: King John of England loses Normandy and his other possessions in France to Philip II of France (hence his
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It happened today – this day in history – July 19
1543: Death of Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of Henry VIII. 1545: Henry VIII’s flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73
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It happened today – this day in history – July 17
1203: The siege of Constantinople begins during the fourth crusade. 1585: English secret service discovers Anthony Babington’s murder plot against
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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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