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A big day in history
A big day in history
Dominic Sandbrook charts significant dates in history
Stuart
The battle of Marston Moor: what happened?
Norman
Death in the New Forest: how King William II met his demise
Victorian
A big day in history: Mary Ann Nichols becomes the first victim of ‘Jack the Ripper’ (31 August 1888)
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20th Century
A big day in history: a woman drowns as the Kennedy curse strikes again
Roman
A big day in history: Hannibal smashes his foes “at the very gates of Rome”
Georgian
A big day in history: Rioters give East Anglia’s rich and respectable a fright
Medieval
A big day in history: Nevsky’s Russians crush the Teutonic Knights
Second World War
A big day in history: Japanese planes attack Los Angeles. Or do they?
Medieval
A big day in history: The day Pope Urban II exhorted Christians to go on crusade
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Roman
A big day in history: “A cross of light” leads Constantine to victory
Victorian
A big day in history: a royal icon is stabbed through the heart
Roman
The Library
A big day in history: the Great Fire of Rome
Victorian
A big day in history: Gilbert and Sullivan unveil ‘The Mikado’
Renaissance
A big day in history: Florence’s bonfire of the vanities
General ancient history
A big day in history: the all-conquering Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II loses his head
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