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5 January 1367 – Birth of Richard II of England 1387 –Death of Peter IV of Aragon 1412 –Birth of Joan of Arc 1492 – The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista. 1537 –Death of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence...

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5 January 1400 – Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician 1448 – Death of Christopher of Bavaria 1465 – Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France....

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4 January 1490 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lèse-majesté. 1532- Chapuys to Charles V. Dr. Benet, as he was about to leave, sent word to the Queen that he begged...

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2 January 1492 – Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. 1514 – Death of William Smyth, English bishop 1536 – Eustace Chapuys visited the dying Catherine of Aragon 1538-Mary Duchess of Richmond to Cromwell....

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May your New Year be a New Year that brings luck,love and prosperity, a New Year that brings happiness and joy. Happy New Year! 1st January 1431 – Birth of Pope Alexander VI 1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. 1449 – Birth of Lorenzo...

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28 December 1510 – Birth of Sir Nicholas Bacon,English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, notable as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon. 1522 –Birth of Margaret...

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26 December 1458 – Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany 1492 - 1st Spanish settlement La Navidad (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas) in New World founded, by Columbus 1526 – Birth of Rose Throckmorton 1620 - Elizabeth Báthory's crimes are uncovered. 27 December...

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25 December 1492 – Carrack Santa María captained by Christopher Columbus runs onto reefs off Haiti due to a proper watch not being kept. Local natives help to save food, armory and ammunition but not the ship. 1549 – Death of Stephen Vaughan, merchant,...

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24 December 1500 – A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia. 1515 - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey became Lord Chancellor 1541-At London, December.:—Jane Rattsey, examined of her words to Eliz. Bassett, viz.:...

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1 December 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris. 1541-Thomas Culpepper was arrested 1577 – Francis Walsingham is knighted. 5 December 1560 –Death of Francis II of France.He was a monarch of the House of Valois-Angoulême who was King of France from 1559...

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