A look back at history on this date
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The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground.
Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire
Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.
Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
Former Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes is blinded on command of caesar John Doukas.
The Avars and Sassanids besiege Constantinople, held by Byzantine troops under Patrician Bonus.
Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei.
Petronilla of Aragon (died 1173)
Petronilla of Aragon (died 1173)
Born 1136Murad I
Ottoman Sultan (died 1389)
Born 1326John II of Aragon and Navarre (died 1479)
John II of Aragon and Navarre (died 1479)
Born 1398Anthony Browne
English knight (died 1506)
Born 1443Maria of Aragon
Queen of Portugal (died 1517)
Born 1482Pedro Pacheco de Villena
Catholic cardinal (died 1560)
Born 1488Rembert Dodoens
Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585)
Born 1517Peter Agricola
German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (died 1585)
Born 1525Cao Pi
Chinese emperor (born 187)
226Yang Shili
general of the Tang Dynasty
884Gero
archbishop of Cologne
976Bernard II
Duke of Saxony (born 995)
1059Raymond of Poitiers
Prince of Antioch (born 1115)
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