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| | July 24th |
 | | of July, is undoubted; but much discrepancy of opinion has prevailed as to whether this event arose from natural causes, or the death-stroke of the executioner, inflicted by the order of his own father, Philip II. |
 | | The popular account—and, it must also be added, that given by the majority of historians—is that the heir to the Spanish throne met his death by violent means. |
 | | In July 1704, a capture was made, the importance of which has never ceased to be felt: viz., that of Gibraltar by the British. |
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