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by n11pilot
Mon Aug 05, 2019 1:12 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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History for 5 August. 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. 1305 - William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow an...
by n11pilot
Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:12 pm
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 659890

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1735 - A precedent for freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not libelous." 1753 - George Washington became a Mas...
by n11pilot
Sat Aug 03, 2019 2:26 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 659890

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History for 3 August. 1492 - Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain with three ships. The voyage led him to what is now known as the Americas. He reached the Bahamas on October 12. 1596 - David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira, first recorded variable star. 1777 - During the Siege of For...
by n11pilot
Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:28 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 659890

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History for 2 August. 338 BC - Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. 216 BC - In the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic War a Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats n...
by n11pilot
Thu Aug 01, 2019 1:50 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 659890

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History for 1 August. 527 - Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. 1086 - Results of the Domesday inquiry presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury. The actual date of the completion of the Domesday report and the resulting codified Domesday Book is somewhat contested. 14...
by n11pilot
Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:44 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 659890

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History for 31 July. 30 BC - The Battle of Alexandria occurs. Mark Antony achieves minor victory over Octavian, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to Octavian's invasion of Egypt. 1498 - Christopher Columbus, on his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, arrived at the island of Tr...
by n11pilot
Tue Jul 30, 2019 11:36 pm
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 659890

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1178 - Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy. 1419 First defenestration of Prague. Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm Prague town hall and throw the judge, mayor and several city council members out the windows. The men either die i...
by n11pilot
Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:23 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 659890

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History for 29 July. 1588 - The English defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines. Inspired tactics, the use of fire ships and bad weather along with the lack of uniformity of Spanish naval artillery aided the English victory. 1609 - Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois c...
by n11pilot
Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:53 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Views: 659890

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NOTE: History for 28 July. 1794 - French Revolutionary figure Maximilien Robespierre and 22 other leaders of "the Terror" guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris. 1821 - Peru declared its independence from Spain. 1866 - The metric system was legalized by the U.S. Congress for the standardization ...
by n11pilot
Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:18 am
Forum: History
Topic: Today in History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 490
Views: 659890

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NOTE: History for 27 July. 1214 - At the Battle of Bouvines in France, Philip Augustus of France defeated John of England. 1245 - Frederick II was deposed by a council at Lyons after they found him guilty of sacrilege. 1586 - Walter Raleigh imports the first tobacco to England from Virginia. 1663 -...