A look back at history on this date
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The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte.
Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.
A joint Venetian-Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.
Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo.
Battle of Ayn Shams: The Fatimids under Jawhar defeat the Qarmatians at the gates of Cairo, putting an end to the First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt.
Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.
Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death.
Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.
Galba
Roman emperor (died 69)
Born 3 BCJohn
King of England (died 1216)
Born 1166John V
Duke of Brittany (died 1442)
Born 1389Bartolomeo degli Organi
Italian musician (died 1539)
Born 1474Thomas Murner
German poet and translator (died 1537)
Born 1475Pietro Carnesecchi
Italian scholar (died 1567)
Born 1508Martha Leijonhufvud
Swedish noble (died 1584)
Born 1520Willem IV van den Bergh
Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (died 1586)
Born 1537Gongsun Shu
emperor of Chengjia
36Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
427Hedwiga
duchess of Saxony
903Shi Hongzhao
Chinese general
950Wang Zhang
Chinese official
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