January 9 1324 – Italian explorer, Marco Polo dies 1431 – The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen, France 1493 – Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sees manatees near the Dominican Republic and mistakes them for mermaids, describing them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted” 1554 – Gregory XV, Roman Catholic […]

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