On today's date in 1542: Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. #history #grownostr
Today In History
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What happened today in history
On today's date in 1689: William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1817: An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1659: The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1659: The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1306: In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1567: Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1003: Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 2014: Researchers announced the discovery of the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa, at more than 800,000 years old. 
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#history #grownostr
On today's date in 457: Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1833: Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1806: Napoleonic Wars: A British naval squadron captured or destroyed five French ships of the line at the Battle of San Domingo in the Caribbean Sea. 
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On today's date in 1597: As part of enforcing Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ban on Christianity in Japan, twenty-six Catholics, a mix of European missionaries and Japanese converts, were executed (depicted) near Nagasaki by crucifixion and impalement. 
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On today's date in 1999: The Philippine-flagged freighter New Carissa ran aground near Coos Bay, Oregon, causing one of the worst oil spills in the state's history. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1703: In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1583: Battle of São Vicente takes place off Portuguese Brazil where three English warships led by navigator Edward Fenton fight off three Spanish galleons sinking one in the process. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1963: 113 alleged communists were arrested and detained without trial by Singapore's security agencies. 
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On today's date in 1411: The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1747: The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1972: The Troubles: On Bloody Sunday, members of the British Parachute Regiment shot 26 civil-rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing at least 13 people. 
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#history #grownostr