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This Day in History – December 18

December 18 218 BC – During the Second Punic War in the Battle of the Trebia, Hannibal’s Carthaginian army defeats the Romans 1118 – Afonso the Battler, the Christian King of Aragon captures a Muslim Saragossa, Spain 1271 – The Yuan Dynasty of China begins when Kublai Khan renames his empire “Yuan” 1603 – Admiral […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – November 23

November 23 1248 – After a two-year siege, Seville, Spain surrenders to Ferdinand III of Castile 1499 – Perkin Warbeck, who invaded England claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV, is hanged, allegedly for trying to escape from the Tower of London. His story was written by the Tudors-history’s victors and it […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – November 22

November 22 1220 – Frederick II is crowned emperor by Pope Honorius III 1542 – Spain passes laws to give Indians in America protection against enslavement 1718 – Infamous pirate Edward Teach, more popularly known as Blackbeard, is killed off North Carolina’s Outer Banks during a battle with the British navy known as the Battle […] The post This Day […]