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Historical Events
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836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
993 - Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized.
1054 - Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days)
1120 - Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.
1187 - Battle of Hittin (Tiberias): Saladin defeats Reinoud of Châtillon
1301 - Battle at Breukelen: Holland vs Lichtenberg
1359 - Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.
1415 - Angelo Correr becomes Pope Gregory XII
1453 - 41 Jewish martyrs burned at stake at Breslau
1534 - Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
1610 - Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russian & Sweden
1634 - The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France, later to become the Canadian province of Quebec.
1636 - City of Providence, Rhode Island form
1652 - Prince of Condé starts blood bath in Paris
1653 - British Barebones Parliament goes into session
Famous Birthdays
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1330 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)
1546 - Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)
1546 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
1610 - Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral
1610 - Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)
1669 - Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor
1694 - Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose)
1715 - Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales)
1719 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797)
1753 - Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights in England, US
1762 - Marco Santucci, composer
1769 - Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer
1790 - George Everest, Welsh surveyor (d. 1866)
1793 - Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer
1799 - F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59)
Famous Deaths
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907 - Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria
943 - Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (b. 877)
965 - Pope Benedict V, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. unknown)
966 - Benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies
973 - Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890)
1187 - Reinoud van Châtillon, French prince of Antioch, dies
1301 - Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle
1307 - Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies
1336 - Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65
1498 - Filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies
1541 - Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56
1546 - Hayreddin Barbarossa, Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (b. 1478)
1578 - Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies
1603 - Philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82
1623 - William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80
