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|November 22, 2025
1428: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the “Kingmaker” who was the power behind the throne during the Wars Of The Roses, was born.
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He died at the Battle of Barnet in 1471.
1497: The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a route to India.
1718: Edward Teach, the English pirate who sailed under the name Blackbeard, was killed off the coast of North Carolina.
1808: Thomas Cook, who pioneered the package holiday, was born in Derbyshire.
1819: Mary Ann Evans, who took the pseudonym George Eliot and wrote The Mill On The Floss, was born in Arbury, Warwickshire.
This story is from the November 22, 2025 edition of The Independent.
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