January 8th, 2009

Today in History

871:
Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army.

1806:
Cape Colony becomes a British colony.

1499:
Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany

1297:
Monaco gains its independence.

1989:
beginning of Japanese Heisei era

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