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July 16: Muhammad Flees Mecca for Medina and the East-West Christian Schism

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July 16, 2020

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622  Muslim Era begins - Muhammad begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hijra)

1054  Three Roman legates fracture relations between Western and Eastern Christian churches by placing invalid Papal Bull of Excommunication on altar of Hagia Sophia during liturgy. Often dated start of the East-West Schism.

1519  Public debate between Martin Luther and theologian Johann Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Liepzig, during which Luther denies the divine right of the Pope

1809  La Paz, Bolivia declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva led by Pedro Domingo Murillo, the 1st independent government in Spanish America

1940  Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion)

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