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1429: Henry VI was crowned King of England. Two years later he was also crowned King of France, in Paris.

1814: Adolphe Sax, instrument inventor who gave his name to the saxophone, was born in Dinant, Belgium.

1892: Pioneer aviator Sir John Alcock was born in Manchester. 1893: Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died after drinking unboiled water in St Petersburg during a cholera epidemic. 1917: The third battle of Ypres ended when British and Canadian troops captured Passchendaele Ridge. 1935: The RAF's first monoplane fighter, the Hawker ...

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