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  • 131Bristol Channel floods, 1607 — On 30 January, 1607 (New style) the Bristol Channel floods resulted in the drowning of an estimated 2,000 or more people, with houses and villages swept away, an estimated convert|200|sqmi|km2|0 of farmland inundated and livestock destroyed,cite… …

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  • 132Birth registration in Ancient Rome — Two separate processes of birth registrations existed in Roman Egypt: one process for Roman citizens that was conducted in Latin, and another process for Greco Egyptians that was conducted in Greek. These two processes were in legal terms,… …

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