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Hanamatsuri in Japan refimprove
1093Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire, one of the largest cathedrals in England, was dedicated by Bishop Walkelin. lots of CN tags (8), could use more
1250Seventh Crusade: Egyptian Ayyubid forces defeated the Crusader army at the Battle of Fariskur in Egypt, capturing King Louis IX of France. citation issues
1341 – Italian scholar and poet Petrarch took the title of poet laureate at a ceremony in Rome. refimprove section
1740War of the Austrian Succession: The Royal Navy captured the Spanish ship of the line Princesa, which was later taken into British service. Date in source is 9th
1857Gallaudet University, the world's only university for hearing-impaired students, was established in Washington, D.C. date not cited, unreferenced section
1886 – British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone introduced the Government of Ireland Bill in the House of Commons. lots of CN tags in one section
1904 – British occultist and writer Aleister Crowley began transcribing The Book of the Law, one of the Holy Books of Thelema. date not cited, refimprove section
1911 – Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity. refimprove section
1992 – American tennis player Arthur Ashe announced that he had contracted HIV from blood transfusions; he spent the remainder of his life as an AIDS activist. refimprove section
2008 – The wind turbines at the Bahrain World Trade Center, the first building to incorporate turbines into its design, became operational. short, needs update
2008 – On board Soyuz TMA-12, Yi So-yeon became the first Korean astronaut. CN tags (5)
2013 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Al-Nusra Front, two Sunni Muslim extremist groups, merged to form the Islamic State. 8 April date isn't sourced (or even mentioned) in target article
Philip IV of Spain |b|1605 multiple issues
Dionysios Solomos |b|1798| refimprove
Dead |d|1991 unreferenced section (discography)

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