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Canute won the English crown and then became king of the Danes, and he united England and Denmark.
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Pope Urban starts the First Crusaders to go to win back the Holy Land from the Muslims
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Pope Boniface dcreees the Unam Sanctum, which explains the powers that the pope has as head of the Church
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Philip IV of france died of a stroke, which he suffered while he was hunting. He died a few weeks after.
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Charles the sixth of France was born today
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When he arrives in America, Columbus is introduced to tobacco.
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Magellan leaves Portugal to sail the Pacific ocean
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James, king of England, learned of the plot to assassinate him
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This month in 1630, 16000 inhabitants of Venice died of the black plague
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The first blood transfusion was done between dogs.
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Howard Carter accidentally discovers King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings
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In 1929, the stock market crashed. THis day, also called Black Tuesday, startd the Great Depression in the U.S.
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Kristallnacht is German for Crystal night, also called Night of the Broken Glass. The Nazis persecuted the Jews.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to his fourth term as president. He died a few months later.
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The United Nations put an end to the segragation and unlawful treatment of people in South Africa
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Emperor Theodosius made Chrisitanity the official religion. When he banned pagan relgions, they had to cancel the olympics.
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Charlemagne's eldest son by his wife Hildegard was Charles II. He's also known as Charles the Younger. He died 1 years after being crowned King of the Franks.
