A look back at history on this date
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The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
America's first insane asylum opens.
War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips.
The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall on San Salvador Island in the Caribbean. (Julian calendar)
Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reaches Seoul after having set out from Java four months before.
In the Treaty of Salynas, Lithuania cedes Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights.
The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan.
Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.
Go-Ichijō
emperor of Japan (died 1036)
Born 1008Trần Thánh Tông
emperor of Vietnam (then Đại Việt) (died 1290)
Born 1240Dmitri Donskoi
Grand Duke of Moscow (died 1389)
Born 1350Bernardo Pisano
Italian composer and priest (died 1548)
Born 1490Asakura Yoshikage
Japanese ruler (died 1573)
Born 1533Edward VI
king of England (died 1553)
Born 1537Peregrine Bertie
13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, English diplomat (died 1601)
Born 1555Maximilian III
archduke of Austria (died 1618)
Born 1558Demosthenes
Athenian statesman, (born 384 BC)
322 BCHonorius I
pope of the Catholic Church
638John IV
pope of the Catholic Church
642Tsunesada
Japanese prince (born 825)
884Al-Muti
Abbasid caliph (born 913/14)
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