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Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
Henry III becomes King of France.
In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.
Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: End of the war, the Utraquist defeat and annihilate Taborite forces.
Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
Ren Zong
Chinese emperor (died 1063)
Born 1010Theobald IV
count of Champagne (died 1253)
Born 1201Georg von Peuerbach
German mathematician and astronomer (died 1461)
Born 1423Barbara of Brandenburg
Bohemian queen (died 1515)
Born 1464Fadrique de Toledo
1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza (died 1634)
Born 1580Samuel Bochart
French Protestant biblical scholar (died 1667)
Born 1599John Egerton
2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1686)
Born 1623Antonina Houbraken
Dutch illustrator (died 1736)
Born 1686Xiao Tong
prince of the Liang dynasty (born 501)
531Hubertus
bishop Liège
727Ma Xifan
king of Chu (born 899)
947Baldwin IV
count of Flanders (born 980)
1035Władysław II the Exile
High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia (born 1105)
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