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Today In History 8/5
910 The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the ... Read more
Author: Josh Boyd | The Oxford Eagle
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Today In History 8/2
338 BC Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle ... Read more
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Today In History 8/1
10bce Roman Emperor Claudius I, who extended Roman rule in North Africa and made Britain a province, was ... Read more
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Today In History 7/31
30 BCÂ Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves minor victory over Octavian, but most of his army subsequently ... Read more
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Today In History 7/30
1178 Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy. 1419 First defenestration of Prague: anti-Catholic Hussites, ... Read more
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Today In History 7/26
1519 Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America. 1533 Francisco Pizarro orders the ... Read more
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Today In History 7/25
306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops. 1814 Near Niagara Falls on this day in ... Read more
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Today In History 7/23
1215 Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen. 1579 Francis Drake departs ... Read more
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Today In History 7/22
1099 First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom ... Read more
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Today In History 7/21
356 BC Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of ... Read more
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Today In History 7/19
1333 Scottish forces were defeated by the English under King Edward III in the Battle of Halidon Hill. ... Read more
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Today In History 7/18
64 Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero. 1195 The Almohads were victorious over the forces ... Read more
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Today In History 7/17
180 6 inhabitants of Carthage, North Africa executed for being Christians. Earliest record of Christianity in this part ... Read more
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Today In History 7/16
622 Muslim Era begins – Muhammad begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hijra). 1054 Humbert of Silva Candida, ... Read more
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Today In History 7/14
1099 Jerusalem captured in First Crusade. 1570 Pope Pius V introduces a standardised Roman Missal (text of the ... Read more
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Today In History 7/13
1713 Spain and Britain signed one of the treaties of Utrecht, this one giving Gibraltar and Minorca to ... Read more
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Today In History 7/12
1389 Geoffrey Chaucer is named chief clerk by Richard II. 1679 Britain’s King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus ... Read more
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Today In History 7/11
1302 In the Battle of the Golden Spurs, an untrained Flemish infantry militia defeated a professional force of ... Read more
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Today In History 7/10
1553 Lady Jane Grey, the 15-year-old great-granddaughter of Henry VII, became queen of England, but her reign lasted ... Read more
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Today In History 7/9
1401 Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane (Timur) destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540 The marriage of King Henry VIII of England ... Read more
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Today In History 7/8
1497 Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon with a fleet of four vessels, and he ultimately opened a ... Read more
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Today In History 7/7
1124 Tyrus surrenders to Crusaders. 1307 King Edward I of England died on his way to subdue the ... Read more
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