It happened today – this day in history – January 14
1236: Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence. 1690: The clarinet is invented in Germany. 1724: King Philip V of Spain
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It happened today – this day in history – December 1
1420: Henry V enters Paris. 1521: Death of Pope Leo X. 1640: Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish
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It happened today – this day in history – November 29
1530: Death of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, adviser and Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, just before facing a trial for treason.
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It happened today – this day in history – November 26
1476: Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes
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It happened today – this day in history – November 6
1528: Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas. 1844:
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It happened today – this day in history – October 8
1769: Captain James Cook lands in Poverty Bay, New Zealand. 1856: The Second Opium War begins. 1862: Otto von Bismark
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