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Battle of Clavijo: The Apostle Saint James the Greater is said to have miraculously appeared to a force of outnumbered Asturians and aided them against the forces of the Emir of Cordoba.
Year 1430
Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to raise the Siege of Compiègne.
Year 1533
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
Year 1568
Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
Year 1701
After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
Year 1706
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy in the Battle of Ramillies.
Year 1788
South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
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