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1191: Battle of Ars¨±f.On this day in 1191 the Muslim army of Saladin attacked the Crusaders of Richard I (the Lion-Heart) at the Battle of Ars¨±f, and, though Richard successfully counterattacked in the evening, his march to Jerusalem was delayed.
More events on this day| 1885: | | American poet and novelist Elinor Wylie was born in Somerville, New Jersey. | | | 1876: | | The Younger Brothers, a group of American outlaws, were captured following an unsuccessful bank robbery. | | | 1860: | | | Giuseppe Garibaldi entered Naples, Italy, and proclaimed himself “Dictator of the Two Sicilies.” | | | 1822: | | Dom Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil. | | | 1812: | | Napoleon's French forces narrowly defeated the Russians under Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov at the Battle of Borodino. | |
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