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This Day In European History26th JuneEvents1549: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V binds the seventeen Habsburg owned provinces of the Netherlands into a Kries (Circle) which has to be inherited as a whole. 1657: Oliver Cromwell is appointed Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1830: King William IV succeeds to the throne. 1857: First presentation of Britain's Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery. 1905: The Potemkin uprising.
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