Union Day in Romania (1918)

World AIDS Day

• 800 – Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
• 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris.
• 1640 – End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, thus ending a 60 year period of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the House of Habsburg (also called the Philippine Dynasty).

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