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This Day in History for Friday 24th May 2013

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 15 of 201

1086 - Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III
1153 - Malcolm IV becomes King of Scots
1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
1300 - King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured
1370 - Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV
1487 - Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin
1595 - Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
1621 - The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
1653 - German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria
1658 - Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought
1660 - English king Charles II visits Netherlands
1667 - French troops attack into Southern Netherlands
1689 - English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
1697 - English King William III travels through northern Europe

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Famous Birthdays

Born Today

Singer-Songwriter Bob Dylan (1941)

Birthdays 1 - 15 of 251

15 BC - Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander (d. 19)
1522 - John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)
1544 - William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)
1605 - Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
1610 - Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer
1616 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)
1619 - Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter
1650 - John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist
1671 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
1677 - Alexandre de Villenueve, composer
1689 - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
1736 - Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer
1738 - George III, King of Great Britain (1760-1820)
1743 - Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist
1751 - Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 5 of 5

1935 - Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)
1986 - Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy
2002 - Princess Martha Louise of Norway (30) weds author Ari Behn (29) in Trondheim
2003 - Oscar winning-actress Kate Winslet (27) weds director Sam Mendes (36) in Anguilla Island
2003 - Actor and film director Kenneth Branagh (42) weds film art director Lindsay Brunnock in a secret ceremony

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Famous Deaths

Passed Away Today

Mathematician and Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1543)

Deaths 1 - 15 of 111

1144 - Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies
1153 - David I, King of Scots (1124-53), dies at about 68
1351 - Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)
1408 - Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
1425 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
1456 - Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
1543 - Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
1612 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48
1665 - Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies
1669 - Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48
1670 - Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59
1696 - Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62
1725 - Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)
1734 - Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1749 - Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman