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Births: William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1573; Maj-Gen
Sir Ralph Abercromby, soldier, 1734; Sir Philip Magnus Bt, MP,
educationist and mathematician, 1842; Niels Henrik David Bohr,
physicist, 1885; Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, 1900. Deaths:
Margaret, "the Maid of Norway", Queen of Scotland, at sea 1290;
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, tyrant of Rimini, 1468; Patrick
Ferguson, inventor of the breech-loading gun, 1780; Edgar Allan
Poe, novelist, 1849; William Barnes, Dorset dialect ...
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The Independent - London
; Births: William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1573; Maj-Gen Sir Ralph Abercromby, soldier, 1734; Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, violinist and composer, 1802; Friedrich Kiel, composer and teacher, 1821; Felix August Bernhard Draseke, composer, 1835; Sir Philip Magnus Bt, politician, educationist and
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HISTORY SAUL DAVID ON A TALE OF RIVALRY AND BACK-STABBING IN MEDIEVAL ITALY
The Sunday Telegraph London
; ... Middle Ages into the modern era'. Seemingly convinced, the publishers have produced a lavish book with colour plates and countless maps, diagrams and family trees. But therein lies the problem. So broad is the period covered, so scanty the first-hand sources that ...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Ever a dull moment.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: PETER PATERSON Save Lullingstone Castle (BBC2) Brian Sewell's Grand Tour (Five) AMID all the tumult and shouting of everyday TV, how pleasant to stumble upon a programme that, whether it's aware of it or not, is blissfully boring. The delight increased on discovering that last night's Save
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