A look back at history on this date
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Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
The treaty of Zuhab ends the fifteen-year-long war between the Ottomans and the Safavids.
Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
PĂĄnfilo de NarvĂĄez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only four survive.
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army.
Election of Pope Hadrian III following the death of Pope Marinus I earlier that month.
Election of Pope Liberius following the death of Pope Julius I in the previous month.
Jien
Japanese monk, poet, and historian (died 1225)
Born 1155Edmund
Earl of Rutland (died 1460)
Born 1443Engelbert II of Nassau
Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475-1504) (died 1504)
Born 1451Albert
Duke of Prussia, last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (died 1568)
Born 1490Federico II Gonzaga
Duke of Mantua (died 1540)
Born 1500Martin Delrio
Belgian occultist and theologian (died 1601)
Born 1551Anna Vasa of Sweden
Swedish princess (died 1625)
Born 1568Stefano della Bella
Italian engraver and etcher (died 1664)
Born 1610Empress Dowager Hu of Northern Wei
Empress Dowager Hu of Northern Wei
528Yuan Yong
imperial prince of Northern Wei
528Yuan Zhao
emperor of Northern Wei (born 526)
528Liu Jianfeng
Chinese warlord
896Li Maozhen
Chinese warlord and king (born 856)
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