On this day in History - Oct. 18

Published: October 17, 2007, 7:21 pm

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0033 - Agripina dies. Cal gula's mother0707 - Pope John VII dies 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the "mad" Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock. 1016 - The Danes defeat the Saxons in the Battle of Ashingdon. 1035 - Sancho III of Navarre dies 1101 - Hugh of Vermandois dies (b. 1053). Son of Henry I of France.1127 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa was born (d. 1192). Emperor of Japan. 1141 - Margrave Leopold IV of Austria dies 1210 - Pope Innocent III excommunicates German leader Otto IV 1356 - Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps destroyed the town of Basel, Switzerland 1405 - Pope Pius II was born (d. 1464) 1417 - Pope Gregory XII dies1442 - Jo o Duque de Aveiro dies (b. 13 Jan 1400). Prince of Portugal, son of the King D. Jo o I and Queen Filipa de Lencastre. 1503 - Pope Pius III dies (b. 1439) 1517 - Manoel da N brega was

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