It happened today – this day in history – March 13

1639: Cambridge College, Massachusetts, is renamed Harvard. 1781: William Herschel sees what he thinks is a comet but is actually

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It happened today – this day in history – February 1

1327: Teenager Edward III is crowned king of England but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and

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It happened today – this day in history – January 15

588BC: 1412: Birth of Joan of Arc. 708: Sisinnius begins his 20-day reign as Pope 153Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays

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It happened today – this day in history – October 28

306: Maxentius is proclaimed Emperor of Rome. 969: Byzantine troops occupy Antioch. 1216: Henry III aged nine, is crowned king

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It happened today – this day in history – October 22

362: The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire. 1383: A two-year period

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It happened today – this day in history – June 19

987: Louis IV is crowned king of France. 1306: The Earl of Pembroke’s army defeats Robert the Bruce’s Scottish army

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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 – this day in history – February 1

1327: Teenager Edward III is crowned king of England buut the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and

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It happened today – this day in history – November 14

1380: King Charles VI of France is crowned at age 12. 1524: Francisco Pizarro begins his first great expedition, near

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It happened today – this day in history – October 17

79: Mt. Vesuvius erupts, burying the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing thousands. 1346: King David II of

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