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↳ 02 September 1666 AD - The Great Fire of London - A fire breaks out at the house of King Charles II’s baker on Pudding Lane.

Oh, no, those historical ones have been here again. Jane, bring some sponges!

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↳ 04 April 1721 CE - Robert Walpole becomes the first British Prime Minister under the German-speaking King George I.

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↳ 10 February 1840 CE - Queen Victoria marries  Prince Albert.

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↳ 01 December 1955 AD - In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white passenger and is arrested for violating the city’s racial segregation laws.

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↳ 05 November 1605 AD - The Gunpowder Plot is foiled and Guy Fawkes is arrested. 

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↳ 21 October 1805 AD - A British fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson is shot in the shoulder and chest by a French sniper, he is taken below and dies about 30 minutes before the end of the battle. 

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↳ 03 September 1189 AD - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II & Tsar Nicholas II

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↳ 04 June 1913 AD - Emily Wilding Davison runs on to the track at the Epsom Derby.