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In 1189, England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
In 1609, English explorer Henry Hudson and his crew aboard the Half Moon entered present-day New York Harbor and began sailing up the river that now bears his name. (They reached present-day Albany before turning back.)
In 1658, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, died in London.
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