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This Day in History – December 27

December 27 1512 – The Spanish issue the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World 1571 – German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler is born 1657 – Flushing Remonstrance petition signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland protesting a ban on Quaker worship 1780 […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – December 26

December 26 1492 – The first Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded by Christopher Columbus 1606 – William Shakespeare’s King Lear is performed at the court of King James I of England 1610 – Count Gyorgy Thurzo visits Csejthe Castle in Hungary on orders from King Matthias, and finds Countess Elizabeth […] The post This Day […]