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Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
Emperor Basil I ratifies the decrees of the Fourth Council of Constantinople, confirming the reinstatement of patriarch Photios I of Constantinople.
Empress GenshĆ abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew ShĆmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
John II of Portugal (died 1495)
John II of Portugal (died 1495)
Born 1455Ascanio Sforza
Catholic cardinal (died 1505)
Born 1455LuĂs of Portugal
Duke of Beja (died 1555)
Born 1506Matthias Flacius
Croatian theologian and reformer (died 1575)
Born 1520Edward Herbert
1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (died 1648)
Born 1583Gisbertus Voetius
Dutch minister, theologian, and academic (died 1676)
Born 1589Edmund Waller
English poet and politician (died 1687)
Born 1606Thomas Otway
English playwright and author (died 1685)
Born 1652Winwaloe
founder of Landévennec Abbey (born c. 460)
532Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
Umayyad chief minister (born 983)
1009Hugh de Puiset
bishop of Durham (born c. 1125)
1195Vladimir IV Rurikovich
Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1187)
1239Antony Bek
bishop of Durham
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