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79 - Death of Roman emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus.

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451 - Tenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

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1292 - Graf Adolf von Nassau is crowned German King at Aachen.

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1314 - Battle of Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce leads Scots to regain independence from England with victory at Bannockburn.

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1322 - Jews are expelled from France.

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1441 - Eton College founded by Henry VI.

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1497 - John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England.

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1509 - Henry VIII crowned King of England.

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1535 - Anabaptists Protestants conquerered and disbanded.

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1540 - Henry VIII divorces his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

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