A look back at history on this date
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The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
A peace treaty ends the Jin-Song wars.
A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
Charles Orlando
Dauphin of France, French noble (died 1495)
Born 1492Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia
Grand Prince of Moscow (died 1553)
Born 1552Andreas Gryphius
German poet and playwright (died 1664)
Born 1616Melchior de Polignac
French cardinal and poet (died 1742)
Born 1661Frederick IV of Denmark (died 1730)
Frederick IV of Denmark (died 1730)
Born 1671Pylyp Orlyk
Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (died 1742)
Born 1672Samuel Clarke
English minister and philosopher (died 1729)
Born 1675Arthur Phillip
English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (died 1814)
Born 1738Bruno the Great
Archbishop of Cologne (born 925)
965Sima Guang
Chinese historian and statesman (born 1019)
1086William of Blois
Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (born c. 1137)
1159Robert I
Count of Dreux (born 1123)
1188Pope Boniface VIII (born 1235)
Pope Boniface VIII (born 1235)
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