On this day in History - Nov. 4

Published: November 4, 2007, 7:56 am

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1254 - John III Ducas Vatatzes dies (b. c. 1192). Enperor of the Empire of Nicaea 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 (b. 1597). Belgian mathematician. 1661 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine was born (d. 1742) 1669 - Johannes Cocceius dies (b.

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