January 13 1128 – Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God 1397 – John of Gaunt marries Katherine Rouet 1776 – British forces raid Prudence Island, Rhode Island in an effort to steal sheep but were ambushed by Minutemen from Rhode […]

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