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South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
The Third Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau defeat Jean de Ligne and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
Robert the Bruce, king of Scots, defeats John Comyn, earl of Buchan, decisively in the battle of Inverurie.
The Seljuks defeat the Ghaznavids in the battle of Dandanaqan.
Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II
Mayan king (died 702)
Born 635Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II
King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India
Born 675Philip I of France (died 1108)
Philip I of France (died 1108)
Born 1052Emperor Qinzong of Song (died 1161)
Emperor Qinzong of Song (died 1161)
Born 1100Uijong of Goryeo
Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (died 1173)
Born 1127Gongmin of Goryeo
Korean ruler (died 1374)
Born 1330Paul Siefert
German composer and organist (died 1666)
Born 1586Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz
Spanish mathematician and philosopher (died 1682)
Born 1606Urban I
pope of the Catholic Church
230Li Sizhao
Chinese general and governor
922Guibert of Gembloux
Frankish abbot (born 892)
962Henry V
Holy Roman Emperor (born 1086)
1125Jehan de Lescurel
French poet and composer
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