A look back at history on this date
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King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.
The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Lochleven Castle.
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
The surrender of the Acropolis of Athens to Nerio Acciaioli ends the Catalan presence in the Duchy of Athens.
Mamluks under Baybars murder the Ayyubid sultan Turanshah for fear of losing their privileges.
William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter.
Yongle Emperor of China (died 1424)
Yongle Emperor of China (died 1424)
Born 1360Eleanor of Aragon
Queen of Portugal (died 1445)
Born 1402René II
Duke of Lorraine (died 1508)
Born 1451Eleanor of Viseu (died 1525)
Eleanor of Viseu (died 1525)
Born 1458Charles I
Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko, Governor of Bohemia and Silesia (died 1536)
Born 1476Philip II
Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (died 1596)
Born 1533William Camden
English historian and topographer (died 1623)
Born 1551Sebald de Weert
Dutch captain, vice-admiral of the Dutch East India Company (died 1603)
Born 1567Merneptah
pharaoh of Egypt
1203 BCEAthanasius of Alexandria
Egyptian bishop and saint (born 298)
373 CEMarutha of Tikrit
Persian theologian of the Syriac Orthodox Church (born 565)
649Liu Zong
general of the Tang dynasty
821Boris I of Bulgaria
Boris I of Bulgaria
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