December 6 1240 – Batu Khan’s Mongols occupy and destroy Kiev 1421 – The youngest person to accede to the throne, Henry VI of England, is born 1492 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Santo Domingo 1749 – French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies 1861 – Union General George G. Meade leads a foraging […]

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