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28 July 1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of King Henry VIII on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell

 

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29 July 1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_I_of_Italy

 

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30 July 1900 – Death of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha

 

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31 July 1737 – Birth of Princess Augusta of Great Britain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Augusta_of_Great_Britain

 

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1 August 1714 – Death of Queen Anne of Great Britain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain

 

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2 August 1868 – Birth of King Constantine I of Greece.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Greece

 

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3 August 1867 – Birth of Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, FRS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin

 

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4 August 1792 – Birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley

 

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5 August 1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Gilbert

 

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6 August 1806 – Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

 

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7 August 1957 – Death of Oliver Hardy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hardy

 

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8 August 1974 – President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon

 

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9 August 1974 - Gerald Ford becomes 38th President of the USA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford

 

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10 August 1759 – Death of King Ferdinand VI of Spain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_VI_of_Spain

 

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11 August 1897 – Birth of Enid Blyton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton

 

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12 August 1883 – The last Quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga

 

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13 August 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim

 

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14 August 1740 – Birth of Pope Pius VII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_VII

 

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15 August 1369 – Death of Philippa of Hainault.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_of_Hainault

 

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16 August 1888 – Birth of T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Lawrence