On today's date in 1745: War of the Austrian Succession: French victory at the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent from the Austrian Netherlands. 
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Today In History
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Events from today in history
On today's date in 1187: The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1243: Mongol invasions of Anatolia: Mongols achieved a decisive victory over the Seljuq Turks, leading to the decline and disintegration of the Seljuk state. 
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On today's date in 474: Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1992: Croatian War of Independence: The Battle of the Miljevci Plateau ended after a failed counterattack by forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina against the Croatian Army who had captured the plateau. 
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On today's date in 1774: The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1718: At least 73,000 people died in the 1718 Tongwei-Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1128: Geoffrey V of Anjou, known as Plantagenet, marries Matilda, daughter of Henry I, King of England, and widow of the Emperor Henry V. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 653: Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople. 
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On today's date in 1878: Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation pictured), which became the basis of motion pictures. 
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On today's date in 1645: English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1777: American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1381: Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1418: Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1665: Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1118: Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1191: Richard I arrives in Acre, beginning the Third Crusade. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1998: White supremacists murdered James Byrd Jr., an African American, by chaining him behind a pickup truck and dragging him along an asphalt road in Jasper, Texas. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1998: Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 
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On today's date in 1561: The spire of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London was destroyed by fire. 
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