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Norman Conquest begun
On this day in 1066, after being delayed by bad weather, William, duke of Normandy, embarked his army and set sail for the southeastern coast of England in what would be known in history as the Norman Conquest.
Thomas Nast
American political caricaturist
born
September 27, 1840
Landau, Germany
(Born on this day)
died
December 7, 1902 (aged 62)
Guayaquil, Ecuador
