January 5 1477 – Charles, the Bold of Burgundy, is defeated by the Swiss at the Battle of Nancy 1589 – Italian and French wife of Henry II of France, Catherine de’ Medici dies 1643 – Anne Clarke of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted the first divorce of the colonies, from her adulterous husband […]

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