It happened today – this day in history – November 20
1272: Edward I is proclaimed King of England after the death of his father, Henry III. He would take two
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It happened today – this day in history – November 16
1272: Henry III dies aged 65. 1380: French King Charles VI declares no taxes forever. 1519: The city of Havana,
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It happened today – this day in history – August 24
79: Mt Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing 15,000. 410: Rome is overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for
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It happened today – this day in history – July 23
636: Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire. 1148: Crusaders attack Damascus. 1745: Charles Edward Stuart,
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Doesn’t everyone have shooting weekends?
It takes a very special kind of rank stupidity to get oneself sacked from the Royal ‘firm’, but that’s what
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