December 31 406 – 80,000 Vandals, Alans, and Suebians cross the Rhine at Mainz, beginning an invasion of Gallia 1384 – English theologian John Wycliffe dies 1600 – Queen Elizabeth I grants a formal charter to the merchants in London trading to the East Indies 1720 – Charles Edward Stuart, aka the Young Pretender and […]

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