On this day in History - Feb. 14

Published: February 13, 2008, 8:00 pm

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0842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German sign a treaty. 1014 - Pope Boniface I recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany. 1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. 1317 - Marguerite of France dies (b. 1282). Queen of Edward I of England1349 - Approximately 2,000 Jews were burned to death by mobs or forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg. 1400 - King Richard II of England dies murdered (b. 1367) 1404 - Leone Battista Alberti was born in Genoa (d. 1472). Italian painter, poet, and philosopher. 1405 - Timur (aka Tamerlane) dies (b. 1336). Mongol monarch and conqueror.1468 - Johann Werner was born (d. 1522). German mathematician.1483 - Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah was born (d. 1530). Founder of the Moghul dynasty. Emperor of India.1523 - Pope Adrian VI dies.1536 - Las tropas de Hernando Pizarro, sitiadas en Cuzco por los incas, hacen una salida y los derrotan en una terrible matanza. 1556 - Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic. 1575 - Henry

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