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Siege of Paris: Viking forces sail the Seine River with a fleet of 300 longships and lay siege to Paris.
Year 1034
Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
Year 1120
The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.
Year 1177
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
Year 1343
A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
Year 1491
The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.
Year 1755
King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
Year 1758
French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
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