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08 January, 2010 06:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 9th January 2010
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475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. 1296 - Earl Floris V signs accord with French king 1317 - Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France 1349 - 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses 1428 - Pope Martinus V declares Jacoba van Beierens marriage invalid 1431 - Judges' investigations for...
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06 January, 2010 06:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 6th January 2010
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1066 - King Harald of England crowned 1099 - Henry V crowned German king 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans. 1227 - Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre 1352 - French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star 1449 - Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra. 1453 - Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria 1494...
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04 January, 2010 06:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 5th January 2010
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1349 - Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand 1438 - Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara 1463 - French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris 1477 - Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000+ killed 1500 - Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan 1527 - Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation...
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03 January, 2010 06:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 4th January 2010
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46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. 274 - St Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope 871 - Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army 1357 - Flemish earl Louis & Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty 1490 - Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France...
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02 January, 2010 06:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 3rd January 2010
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236 - St Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 269 - St Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 936 - Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII 1338 - Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent 1407 - Bloody battles between Hoeksen & Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht 1431 - Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop 1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully...
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01 January, 2010 06:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 2nd January 2010
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69 - Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. 533 - John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1235 - Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names 1492 - Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 25th August 2010
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325 - Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity 357 - Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught 1212 - Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 6th April 2010
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46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus. 402 - Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten 610 - Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth 774 - Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy 1106 - Fire in Venice 1320 - The Scots reaffirm...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 5th August 2010
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135 - Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia 910 - The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred 1071 - Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 4th September 2010
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422 - St Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 476 - Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed 1024 - Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king 1260 - Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen 1260 - The Senese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti 1282 - King...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 9th June 2010
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68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging 641 - Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria 721 - Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse 922 - French republic chooses Robert I, King of France 1075 - Battle at Homburg/Unstrut:...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 26th August 2010
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580 - Chinese invents toilet paper 1278 - Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II 1303 - Ala ud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh 1346 - Battle at Crecy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle 1466 - A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered 1498 - Michelangelo...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 12th August 2010
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30 BC - Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide allegedly by means of an asp bite 3 - Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem 1071 - Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes 1071 - Battle at Manzikert Armenia, Venetian Byzantine brings islam to Europe 1099 - Battle at Ascalon:...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 10th April 2010
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837 - Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth 847 - St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 879 - Louis III, crowned King of France 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma. 1500...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 5th July 2010
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649 - St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 767 - Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II 1054 - Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported 1294 - Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V 1295 - Scotland & France sign anti-English covenant 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance,...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 18th July 2010
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390 BC - Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome 64 - Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle) 1290 - King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews 1330 - Battle of Velbuzd 1334 - The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 26th April 2010
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757 - Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I 1220 - German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy 1478 - 1st Easter 1478 - Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici 1514 - Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 18th June 2010
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618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty's rule over China 860 - Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople 1155 - Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor 1178 - Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno 1178 -...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 26th July 2010
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657 - Battle of Siffin 811 - Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine 920 - Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Leon against the Muslims at Pamplona 1267 - Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV 1309 - Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V 1469 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Edgecote...
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01 January, 1970 00:00
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USA > Today in History
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Today in History for 8th July 2010
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939 - The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 951 - Paris is founded 1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on 1283 - War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta 1497 - Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India 1551 - Willem of Orange...
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