A look back at history on this date
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American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British.
Emilio Altieri is elected pope after a four-month conclave and takes the name Clement X.
Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of VÀsterÄs.
The Crown's decision to expel the Jews is announced in Zaragoza, Aragon, to the kingdom's procurators.
Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.
Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.
Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura.
William II
Landgrave of Hesse (died 1509)
Born 1469Sophie of Saxony
Duchess of Pomerania (died 1635)
Born 1587Esaias Reusner
German lute player and composer (died 1679)
Born 1636James Butler
2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1745)
Born 1665John Arbuthnot
Scottish-English physician and polymath (died 1735)
Born 1667Jean-Georges Noverre
French actor and dancer (died 1810)
Born 1727Oliver Ellsworth
American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (died 1807)
Born 1745Georg Carl von Döbeln
Swedish general (died 1820)
Born 1758Hugh of Cluny
French abbot (born 1024)
1109Catherine of Siena
Italian mystic, philosopher and saint (born 1347)
1380Thomas Cooper
English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (born 1517)
1594Agrippa d'Aubigné
French soldier and poet (born 1552)
1630John Cleveland
English poet and author (born 1613)
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