King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter.
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King of England from 1189 to 1199
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William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
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13th-century Welsh nobleman
Mamluks under Baybars murder the Ayyubid sultan Turanshah for fear of loosing their privileges.
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Slave-soldiers and enslaved mercenaries in the Muslim world
The surrender of the Acropolis of Athens to Nerio Acciaioli ends the Catalan presence in the Duchy of Athens.
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Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
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Scottish clergyman, writer and historian (1514–1572)
The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London
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1611 English translation of the Bible
Afonso Mendes
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Portuguese Jesuit theologian; Patriarch of Ethiopia from 1622 to 1634
King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
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King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685
Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
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1807–1814 war against Napoleon in Iberia
The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory.
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1812 battle of the Mexican War of Independence
American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
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1861–1865 conflict in the United States
Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
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People of Peru
Albert Günther publishes the first study to recognise that the New Zealand tuatara is not a lizard.
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German-born British zoologist (1830–1914)
The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
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1876 rebellion in Ottoman Bulgaria
Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife
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Indigenous people of North America
Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens
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International multi-sport event in Greece
The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
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American professional baseball league