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Franco-Spanish War: Turenne and the French army win a decisive victory over the Spanish at the battle of the Dunes.
English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by fifteen thousand Parliamentarian soldiers.
Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies himself with the French against King Henry IV of England.
Richard II of England meets leaders of the Peasants' Revolt at Mile End. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
Kublai Khan defeats the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.
Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần dynasty destroy most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
While in exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong.
First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soon conquers over half of the kingdom.
The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
Nilakantha Somayaji
Indian astronomer and mathematician (died 1544)
Born 1444Giglio Gregorio Giraldi
Italian poet and scholar (died 1552)
Born 1479Ferdinand II
Archduke of Austria (died 1595)
Born 1529Johann Abraham Ihle
German astronomer (died 1699)
Born 1627Jan Francisci
Slovak organist and composer (died 1758)
Born 1691Thomas Pennant
Welsh ornithologist and historian (died 1798)
Born 1726Antonio Sacchini
Italian composer and educator (died 1786)
Born 1730Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
French physicist and engineer (died 1806)
Born 1736Ōtomo no Otomaro
Japanese general (born 731)
809Methodius I
patriarch of Constantinople
847Guadamir
bishop of Vic (Spain)
957Aron
Bulgarian nobleman
976Emperor Qinzong of the Song dynasty (born 1100)
Emperor Qinzong of the Song dynasty (born 1100)
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