A look back at history on this date
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Bahia Independence Day: The Siege of Salvador ends Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts the Lee Resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain, although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.
Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Alford.
English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
Age of Discovery: The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
Battle of Göllheim: Albert I of Habsburg defeats Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army.
Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
Begin of the papacy of Pope Miltiades.
Valentinian III
Roman emperor (died 455)
Born 419Louis V
Elector Palatine (died 1544)
Born 1478Jacopo Sansovino
Italian sculptor and architect (died 1570)
Born 1486Thomas Cranmer
English archbishop, theologian, and Protestant martyr (died 1556)
Born 1489Elizabeth Tudor
English daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1495)
Born 1492Theodoor Rombouts
Flemish painter (died 1637)
Born 1597Daniel Finch
2nd Earl of Nottingham, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1730)
Born 1647Arp Schnitger
German organ builder (died 1719)
Born 1648Li Jiancheng
Chinese prince (born 589)
626Li Yuanji
Chinese prince (born 603)
626Li Jing
Chinese general (born 571)
649Swithun
English bishop and saint (born c. 800)
862Robert the Strong
Frankish nobleman
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