Today is St. George’s Day.

On this day in 303, St. George was killed; in 997, St. Adalbert of Prague died; in 1014, Brian Boru defeated the Vikings at Clontarf; in 1348, the Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III; in 1564,William Shakespeare was born; in 1616, both Miguel Cervantes and William Shakespeare died; in 1635, the Boston Latin School was founded; in 1661, Charles II was crowned at Westminster; in 1725, St. Gerard Majella was born; in 1775, J.M.W. Turner was born; and in 1794, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes was guillotined for his defense of King Louis XVI before the Convention.

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