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Today in AD 1218, Simon De Montfort (the elder) died at the siege of Toulouse.
His head was smashed in by a stone fired from a mangonel.
He was 42.
Today in AD 1404, Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allied himself with the French Charles VI (the Mad) against King Henry IV of England
Sixth century BC:
The Roman hoplites formed the first three classes under the Servian reforms of 6th century BC which extended voting rights and military obligations.