2nd Duke of Exeter (born 1395)

John Holland

John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His father, the 1st Duke of Exeter, was a maternal half-brother to Richard II of England, and was executed after King Richard's deposition. The Holland family estates and titles were forfeited, but John was able to recover them by dedicating his career to royal service. Earl of Huntingdon, of the Castle, town, manor of Barnstable and manors of Dartington, Fremington, South Molton, Torrington, Devon, Stevington, Bedfordshire, Ardington, Berkshire, Haslebury, Blagdon and Somerset.

Born

1988

November 6

Died

1447

Era

1980s

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1447 Died

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447 A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
963 Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto.
1217 The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.
1792 Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.

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The world in 1988

When John arrived

april 10 The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
april 14 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
april 14 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
april 18 The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

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Cho Ki-chon 1913–1951 North Korean poet (born 1913) Frank Vandenbroucke 1974–2009 Belgian cyclist (died 2009) Mike Nichols 1931–2014 German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1931) Rebecca Romijn 1972– American model and actress Rebecca Schaeffer 1967–1989 American model and actress (born 1967) Rozz Williams 1963–1998 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1963) Sally Field 1946– American actress Suleiman the Magnificent 1494–1566 Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1566)

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Also born in 1988

Rihanna 1988– Barbados actor Aroldis Chapman 1988– Cuban baseball player Artem Anisimov 1988– Russian ice hockey player Ashleigh Murray 1988– American actress and singer Ashton Eaton 1988– American decathlete Benedikt Höwedes 1988– German footballer Brad Sinopoli 1988– Canadian football player Carl Hagelin 1988– Swedish ice hockey player Chris Ivory 1988– American football player

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