On This Day: February 7th

The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops.

In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the vanities".

Albert III of Mecklenburg (King Albert of Sweden) grants city rights to Ulvila (Swedish: Ulvsby).

King Thihathu founds the Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Kingdom.

Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.

A synod at Blachernae convened by anti-Unionist Greek clergy condemns the former pro-Unionist patriarch John XI of Constantinople.

Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.

Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.