1185: Death of Afonso I the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85)1285: Birth of Ferdinand V king of Castile & León
1421: Birth of Henry VI king of England (1422-61)
1792: Birth of Willem II Frederik King of Netherlands (1840-49)
1793: Death of "La Comtesse du Barry", mistress of Louis XV, (beheaded)
1867: Death of Giovanni Pacini, composer
1877: Thomas Edison makes the first recording of the human voice - his own, reciting 'Mary had a little lamb'.
1906: Birth of Agnes Moorehead Clinton MA, actress (Endora-Bewitched)
1916: David Lloyd George becomes prime minister after ousting his colleague and Liberal leader HH Asquith.
1922: The Anglo-Irish treaty is signed, partitioning Ireland and creating the Irish Free State
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