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Friday, August 19
On This Date In 1458 Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Latin Aeneas Sylvius; October 18, 1405 - August 14, 1464) was elected Pope, and served until his death in 1464. On This Date In 1779 The Battle of Paulus Hook was fought between Continental Army and British forces in the Americ...
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Friday, August 12
On This Date In 1099 The Battle of Ascalon took place, and is often considered the last action of the First Crusade, with Godfrey of Bouillon defeating an invading Fatimid army lead by al-Afdal Shahanshah. On This Date In 1676 King Philip, chief of the Wampanoag Indians, was shot dead by Nat...
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Friday, August 05
On This Date In 1775 The Spanish ship San Carlos, commanded by Juan Manuel de Ayala, entered what would soon be called San Francisco Bay. Unnoticed by such early naval explorers as Sir Francis Drake and Sebastián Vizcaíno, the bay had been sighted by land during a Spanish scouting expedition si...
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Friday, July 29
On This Date In 1588 Off the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain’s so-called “Invincible Armada” was defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake. After eight hours of furious fighting, a change in wind direction prompted the Spanish to break ...
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Friday, July 15
On This Date In 1606 The great Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden, the son of a miller. His humble origins may help account for the uncommon depth of compassion given to the human subjects of his art. His more than 600 paintings, many of them portraits or self-portraits, are char...
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Friday, July 08
On This Date In 1675 Native Americans attacked at Middleborough and Dartmouth (July 8), Mendon (July 14), Brookfield (August 2), and Lancaster (August 9). In early September they attacked Deerfield, Hadley, and Northfield. King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom's War, and named after the m...