A look back at history on this date
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War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2.5 km (1.6 mi).
Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York.
The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, King James V.
St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
Pope John VIII is elected following the death of Hadrian II.
Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.
Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia.
Go-Suzaku
emperor of Japan (died 1045)
Born 1009Frederick III
German nobleman (died 1381)
Born 1332Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and chemist (died 1601)
Born 1546Charles Berkeley
2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (died 1668)
Born 1599János Kemény
Hungarian prince (died 1662)
Born 1607Barthélemy d'Herbelot
French orientalist and academic (died 1695)
Born 1625Anne Conway
English philosopher and author (died 1679)
Born 1631Aphra Behn
English playwright and author (died 1689)
Born 1640Xue Rengao
emperor of Qin
618John III of the Sedre
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
648Aldfrith
king of Northumbria (or 705)
704Pope Adrian II (born 792)
Pope Adrian II (born 792)
872Agnes of Poitou
Holy Roman Empress and regent (born c. 1025)
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