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Succeeding Pope Sympowerus
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Antioch in modern day Syria struck by Earthquake, about 250,000 die.
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Mere- Lake, expanse of water.
Wax- To grow.
Yore- Years ago. -
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Claimed the year of three battles.
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John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.
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King John of England begins imprisoning Jews
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The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
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Canstow- Can you.
Coy- Quiet
Ich- I
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Invented by a German named Johannes Gutenberg.
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Though it was already inhabited, Christopher Columbus discovered North America in this year.
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Fond- meaning foolish
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It was the first book published in England that was devoted exclusively to plays.
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Skirmishes between British troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked off the armed conflict, and by the following summer, the rebels were waging a full-scale war for their independence.
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France entered the American Revolution on the side of the colonists in 1778, turning what had essentially been a civil war into an international conflict.
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After French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1779, the Americans had effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783.
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Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
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What's up? - what are you doing.
Will you go out with me?- to be my significant other. -
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The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
