A look back at history on this date
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Haiti attacks the newly established Dominican Republic on the other side of the island of Hispaniola.
Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee.
A First Crusade army led by Bohemond of Taranto wins a major battle against the Seljuq emir Ridwan of Aleppo during the siege of Antioch.
Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Honorius II
pope of the Catholic Church (died 1130)
Born 1060Louis of Toulouse
French bishop (died 1297)
Born 1274Maria of Portugal
Queen of Castile, Portuguese infanta (died 1357)
Born 1313Meinhard III
count of Tyrol (died 1363)
Born 1344Ali-Shir Nava'i
Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (died 1501)
Born 1441Shimazu Yoshihisa
Japanese daimyō (died 1611)
Born 1533Johannes Meursius
Dutch classical scholar (died 1639)
Born 1579Procopio Cutò
French entrepreneur (died 1727)
Born 1651Ono no Michikaze
Japanese calligrapher (born 894)
966Sayf al-Dawla
emir of Aleppo (born 916)
967Luitgarde
duchess consort of Normandy
978Bernard I
Duke of Saxony
1011Yang Yanzhao
Chinese general
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