A look back at history on this date
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The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.
Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.
The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
After being crowned king of Sweden, Christian II gave the order to execute nearly 100 people, mostly noblemen, despite promises of general amnesty.
Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.
The Republic of Venice enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of Murano".
Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Emperor.
Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
Nerva
Roman emperor (died 98)
Born 30Alain de Coëtivy
French cardinal (died 1474)
Born 1407Philipp I
Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1458-1480) (died 1480)
Born 1417Queen Gonghye
Korean royal consort (died 1474)
Born 1456Teofilo Folengo
Italian monk and poet (died 1544)
Born 1491Lettice Knollys
English noblewoman (died 1634)
Born 1543Nyaungyan Min
King of Burma (died 1605)
Born 1555Henry II
Duke of Lorraine (died 1624)
Born 1563Martin of Tours
Frankish bishop and saint
397Adeodatus I
pope of the Catholic Church
618Sawara
Japanese prince
785Willehad
bishop of Bremen
789Duan Ning
Chinese general
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