📅 On this day in 1276:

Pope John XXI is elected Pope.

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📅 On this day in 1264:

The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.

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📅 On this day in 1198:

Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans)

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September 08: National Iguana Awareness Day [“I am the lizard king. I can do anything.” - Jim Morrison (The Doors) 1968]

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📅 On this day in 1100:

Election of Antipope Theodoric.

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📅 On this day in 617:

Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.

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📅 On this day in 70:

After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem.

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