It happened today – this day in history – April 24
1731: Death of novelist Daniel Defoe. 1801: First performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “Die Jahreszeiten”. 1872: Mt Vesuvius erupts in
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It happened today – this day in history – April 3
1043: Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. 1367: Henry IV is born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs. 1657: Lord
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It happened today – this day in history – January 31
1606: Guy Fawkes is hanged for his part in the Gunpowder Plot. 1747: The first venereal diseases clinic opens at
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It happened today – this day in history – April 3
1043: Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. 1367: Henry IV is born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs. 1721: Robert
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It happened today – this day in history – January 31
1504: Under the Treaty of Lyon, French King Louis XII cedes Naples to Ferdinand II of Aragon. 1606: Guy Fawkes
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It happened today – this day in history – December 26
1492: The first Spanish settlement, La Navidad, in the New World (Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti) is founded by Christopher Columbus. 1606: The
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It happened today – this day in history – November 30
1016: Canute claims the English throne after the death of Edmund ‘Ironside’. 1648: The Parliamentary army captures Charles I. 1667:
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It happened today – this day in history – November 16
1272: Death of Henry III. 1380: French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever. 1532: Explorer Francisco Pizzaro captures
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It happened today – this day in history – October 19
1216: Death of King John. 1466: The Thirteen Years’ War ends with the Second Peace of Thorn. 1512: Martin Luther
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