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1187:

Saladin Captures Jerusalem

After 88 years of occupation by the Franks, the Holy City fell to Saladin, who went on to withstand the ensuing Third Crusade.

 

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1452:

King Richard III of England

 

WHO DIED

1264:

Pope Urban IV

The brief pontificate of Urban was largely occupied with his attempts to restore papal power in Italy.

   

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