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1329 – Pope John XXII’s In Agro Dominico condemns some writings of German theologian Meister Eckhart as heretical. 1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder. Over ensuing days the mob would riot and…

In 1847, a group led by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) successfully stopped the American showman P.T. Barnum (1810-1891) from doing what?