30 July 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: a crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage. 1535-Sir Thomas...
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29 July 1504 – Death of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, husband of Lady Margaret Beaufort, and stepfather of Henry VII, at Lathom. 1509 - Birth of George Neville, he was the youngest son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and Alice Neville,...
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28 July 1488 – Death of Edward Woodville He was a member of the Woodville family during the Wars of the Roses. He survived the reign of Richard III in which several of his relatives were executed in a power struggle after the death of Edward IV. Exiled...
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27 July 1276-Death of James I of Aragon 1365-Death of Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria 1382-Death of Joanna I of Naples 1452-Birth of Ludovico Sforza, Italian son of Francesco I Sforza 1534-Chapuys to Charles V. I received two days ago your majesty's letters...
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26 July 1309 – Henry VII of Germany is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V. 1469 – Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor, pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England, takes place....
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1404 –Birth of Philip I, Duke of Brabant 1421 –Birth of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland 1472 – Death of Charles of Artois, Count of Eu 1492 –Death of Pope Innocent VIII 1535-Chapuys to Charles V. Since the return of the duke of Norfolk and the...
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23 July 1411 – Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place. 1529 – Birth of Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 1534 – French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory...
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23 July 1301 – Birth of Otto, Duke of Austria 1339 – Birth of Louis I, Duke of Anjou 1403 –Death of Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester 1503 – Birth of Anne of Bohemia and Hungary 1528-The divorce-Promise of Clement VII. that he will grant no letters...
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22 July 1210 – Birth of Joan of England, Queen of Scotland 1461 – Death of Charles VII of France 1478 –Birth of Philip I of Castile 1484 – Battle of Lochmaben Fair – A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th...
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21 July 1403 – Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England. 1403 – Death of Henry Percy, English soldier Sir Henry Percy was known as one of the most valiant knights of his day,...
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