On this day in History - Nov. 4

Published: November 3, 2008, 8:14 pm

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1254 - John III Ducas Vatatzes dies (b. c. 1192). Enperor of the Empire of Nicaea. 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani. 1411 - Khalil Sultan dies (b. 1384). Ruler of Transoxonia. 1448 - King Alphonso II of Naples was born (d. 1495). 1470 - King Edward V of England was born. One of the two princes in the Tower. 1501 - Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother - they would later marry. 1575 - Guido Reni was born (d. 1642). Italian painter.1576 - Eighty Years' War: In Belgium, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city was nearly destroyed). 1584 - Saint Charles Borromeo dies (b. 1538). Italian cardinal. 1612 - Moscow Kitai-gorod taken by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky 1631 - Mary of Orange was born (d. 1660). Eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England. 1652 - Jean-Charles de la Faille dies

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