It happened today – this day in history – August 24
1360: The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years’
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It happened today – this day in history – March 29
1461: Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Duke of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI
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It happened today – on this day in history – February 19
1473: Birth of athematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. 1736: Handel’s “Alexander’s Feast” premieres at the Covent Garden Theatre, London. 1819:
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It happened today – this day in history – January 17
1595: Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. 1706: Birth of US Founding Father, inventor, ambassador and writer Benjamin
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It happened today – on this day in history – November 12
1793: Jean Sylvain Bailly, first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined. 1847: Sir James Young Simpson is the first to use
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