It happened today – this day in history – January 20
1265: The first English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) meets in
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It happened today – this day in history – October 31
1396: 31-year old Richard II weds Isabella of Valois, aged six – yes 6 – in a dynastic marriage. 1517:
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It happened today – this day in history – September 30
1399: Richard II abdicates. 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan. 1544: Henry VIII pulls
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It happened today – this day in history – August 19
14AD: Death of first Roman Emperor Augustus aged 75. 1274: Edward I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
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It happened today – on this day in history – February 14
1400: Richard II is murdered at Pontefract Castle. 1556: Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic. 1689: Parliament places Mary Stuart
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