A look back at history on this date
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American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
Sengoku period of Japan: The combined forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu are victorious in the Battle of Nagashino.
Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
A French force heavily defeats a much larger Neapolitan and Spanish army at the battle of Seminara, leading to the creation of the Tercios by Gonzalo de Córdoba.
Edward, Earl of March, is crowned King Edward IV of England.
Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
Carloman I
king of the Franks (died 771)
Born 751Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (died 1304)
Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (died 1304)
Born 1243Charlotte
Queen of Cyprus (died 1487)
Born 1444Pope Paul IV (died 1559)
Pope Paul IV (died 1559)
Born 1476Albert of Brandenburg
German archbishop (died 1545)
Born 1490Henry VIII of England (died 1547)
Henry VIII of England (died 1547)
Born 1491Giovanni della Casa
Italian author and poet (died 1556)
Born 1503Cristofano Malvezzi
Italian organist and composer (died 1599)
Born 1547Yuan Shao
Chinese warlord
202Theodora I
Byzantine empress
548Alboin
King of the Lombards
572Leo II
pope of the Catholic Church (born 611)
683Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church (born 700)
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