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Norman Victory at Battle of Civitate (1053) (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (18 Jun 2023)
Today's historical events:
Battle of Civitate: Three thousand Norman horsemen of Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
Five Canterbury monks see an event believed to have been the formation of the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
Charles VII's army defeats an English army under…
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