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March 21

March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 285 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 537 ??? Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the Vivarium, by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and Peranius. 630 ??? Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem. 717 ??? Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid. 1152 ??? Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. 1180 ??? Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan. 1556 ??? On the day of his execution in Oxford, former archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and...

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