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The Roman philosopher Seneca (the younger) died.
0352
Pope Julius I died.
1204
The armies of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople again and establish the Latin Empire of Byzantium, but not before they sack the city and rape its inhabitants for three straight days - during Easter week. Alexius V Ducas is forced to flee to Thrace. Although Pope Innocent III protests at the behavior of the Crusaders, he does not hesitate to accept a formal reunion of the Greek and Latin churches.
1229
A peace treaty formally ends the Albigensian Crusade in southern France.
1787
Richard Allen, the first black ordained in the first Methodist Episcopal Church, founded the Free African Society.
1914
The Assemblies of God denomination was founded during an 11-day constitutional convention in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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