It happened today – this day in history – January 5
1066: Death of Edward the Confessor. 1463: French poet Francois Villon is banished from Paris. 1500: Duke Ludovico Sforza reconquers
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Read more1504: Under the Treaty of Lyon, French King Louis XII cedes Naples to Ferdinand II of Aragon. 1606: Guy Fawkes
Read more1607: The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain. 1610: Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, fourth satellite
Read more1066: Death of Edward The Confessor. 1531: Pope Clemes VII forbids Henry VIII from remarrying. 1719: Britain, Hannover, Saxony-Poland and
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