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Article: On this day in history - June 7.
- Article from:
- Northampton Chronicle and Echo (Northampton, England)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2008
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Key events through history that happened on this day...
1329: Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland from 1306, died of leprosy at Cardross Castle on the Firth of Clyde, and was buried in Dunfermline Abbey under the High Altar.
1520: Henry VIII and Francis I of France met in a glittering ceremony at the Field Of The Cloth Of Gold, near Calais.
1614: The Addled Parliament was dissolved. It earned its name by failing to pass a single Bill since it first sat on April 5.
1778: "Beau" Brummell was born. Although he became a leader of fashion and a friend of the Prince Regent, he died destitute in France at the age of 62 through gambling and ...