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1755 - General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded when French and Indian troops ambushed his force of British regulars and colonial militia. He died on July 13.
1816 - Argentina declared independence from Spain. 1900 - The Commonwealth of Australia was established by an act of the British Parliament, uniting the separate colonies under a federal government. 1922 - Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim the 100 meters freestyle in less than a minute. 1943 - American and British forces made an amphibious landing on Sicily. 1947 - The engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten was announced.
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455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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1540: Henry VIII has his marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled-a cheaper (Catherine of Aragon, Rome and the Act of Supremecy etc). and less 'messy' method (Ms Boleyn) of getting rid of unwanted spouses -what a learning curve!!! His foot armor with cod piece reveals all
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1679 - The British crown claimed New Hampshire as a royal colony.
1776 - The statue of King George III was pulled down in New York City. 1778 - In support of the American Revolution, Louis XVI declared war on England. 1940 - The 114-day Battle of Britain began during World War II.
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48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
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Pompey ordered a halt, believing that Caesar had been decisively beaten, and also suspecting a trap. According to Plutarch, Caesar remarked on that decision saying, "Today the victory had been the enemy's, had there been any one among them to take it." ![]() Caesar next captured the town of Gomphi, allowing his men to resupply and rest and then moved towards Pharsalus, where the decisive Battle of Pharsalus would soon be fought." Exactly one month August (8/9/48 BC) later at Pharsalus, in Greece, Pompey would be decisively defeated by an army 1/2 half his size. Utterly routed, Pompey would flee to Egypt and a swift death from beheading. Less than 4 years later, Caesar himself would be assassinated (Beware the Ides of March) on 3/15/44 BC-falling dead ...at the foot of Pompey's statue! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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The battle of Northampton 1460.
Yorkist victory. Blast. ![]() http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battl...thampton_(1460)
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1708 - The French were defeated at Oudenarde, Malplaquet, in the Netherlands by the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy.
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1156 - Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan.
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1804: Alexander Hamilton killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. We live in a political dreamscape envisioned by Jefferson perhaps... but an economy designed by Hamilton.
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1109 - Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli
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1984: Walter Fritz Mondale, Senator from Minnesota, (You Bitcha?) announces his choice for Vice President: Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York And US Rep. in Congress as well as representative to the United Nations. The First woman to run on a major party ticket.
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1537 - Battle of Albancay: Diego de Almagro defeated by army led by Alonso de Alvarado on behalf of Francisco Pizarro
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1174 - William I of Scotland, key rebel in Revolt of 1173-1174, captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
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100 BC: Julius Gaius Caesar is born: Great movies(Cleopatra and the TV mini-series Rome), one Shakespeare play, the month of July, Siege warfare (Alesia), mass slaughter, and other Gauling episodes of history ensue; Rome becomes an Empire instead of a Republic; The Rubicon River is crossed and the "die is cast"- not to include reading Caesar's Commentaries and thinking of myself in the third person...all over a glass of Francis Ford Coppola's 'Rubicon Cabernet Sauvignon' from his Napa winery just up the road. I have two glasses on the Ides of March!
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