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From: Belfast Telegraph
Date: 20080804
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1265: The Battle of Evesham took place, in which Simon de Montfort was defeated and killed by Royalists led by the future King Edward I.
1792: Percy Bysshe Shelley, romantic poet, was born near Horsham, Sussex. After his death from drowning in Italy at 29, his wife kept his heart in her desk until she died.
1870: The British Red Cross was founded by Lord Wantage.
1870: Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish music hall artist, was born in Portobello, near Edinburgh, as Hugh MacLennan.
1875: Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish writer most famous for his fairy stories, died.
1914: Great Britain declared war ...
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