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Monday, 12 January 2026
0052 On this day in history b.C Paris, France, is a city of conquests, historic sights, artists, scholars, haute couture, and gourmet cuisine. The future capital of France was first fortified on July 7, ., by a Gallic tribe called the Parisees 
0810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
0939 The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi on July - 08.
0951 On July - 08 paris is founded
0975 On July - 08 edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
1099 On July - 08 first Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1115 Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies on July - 08.
1153 Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies on this day in history.
1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies on this day in history.
1283 War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta on this day in history.
1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.
1497 On this day in history vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India
1497 Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India on this day in history.
1528 On this day in history emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1531 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 on July - 08.
1545 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II on July - 08.
1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren on July - 08.
1574 On July - 08 giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1579 On this day in history our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
1604 On this day in history heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621 On July - 08 jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
1623 On July - 08 gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
1637 Johann Georg Ebeling, composer on this day in history.
1638 On this day in history matteo Coferati, composer
1656 On July - 08 alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
1663 King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island on July - 08.
1663 King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island on July - 08.
1672 On July - 08 willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general
1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies on this day in history.
1680 On July - 08 the first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1681 On this day in history georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60
1693 NYC authorizes first police uniforms in American colonies on July - 08.
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