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1527 - German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance. 1541 King Henry VIII orders bible be placed in every church...

1471 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Tewkesbury - final battle between Lancaster and York sees the Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed...

It is one of the important herbs of Indian kitchen and has very strong smell; hence called Ugragandha  in Sanskrit. Ajwain has many health...

1497 John Cabot's expedition departs Bristol searching for new lands across the Atlantic 1536 Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London 1783...

English is a vast language, and the grammar is never ending. The more you learn, the more confusing and amazing it gets. There are...

1289 - Qala'un, the Sultan of Egypt, captured Tripoli. 1429 Joan of Arc arrives at the siege of Orleans 1707 English and Scottish parliaments accept Act...

0357 – Constantius II visited Rome for the first time. 1686 - The first volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia Mathamatica" was published. 1770 British...

1296 Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England. 1509 - Pope Julius II excommunicated the Italian state of Venice. 1526...

1467 The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appears in  Genazzano, Italy. 1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn 1848 Alfred Russell Wallace...

1507 German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller  1st  to use the name America on his world map Universalis Cosmographia 1684 - A patent was granted for the...