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 – 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 2
1470: Edward V is born in Westminster. 1734: Birth of American frontiersman Daniel Boone in Pennsylvania. 1755: Birth of Marie
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It happened today – this day in history – April 25
1284: Birth of Edward II at Caernarfon Castle, Wales. 1599: Oliver Cromwell is born in Huntingdon. 1607: The Dutch fleet
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It happened today – this day in history – November 15
1492: Christopher Columbus makes the first recorded reference to tobacco. 1532: Pope Clemens VII tells Henry VIII to end relationship
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It happened today – this day in history – November 7
1800: It becomes illegal for women in Paris to wear trousers without a Police permit. 1820: James Monroe is re-elected
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It happened today – this day in history – October 29
539BC: King Cyrus “the Great” of Persia marches into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives. 1390: First witchcraft trial in Paris. 1618:
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