A look back at history on this date
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War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt.
War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.
The revolutionary group the United Irishmen is formed in Belfast, Ireland leading to the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends.
Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.
The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
Przemysł II of Poland (died 1296)
Przemysł II of Poland (died 1296)
Born 1257Marie of Anjou (died 1463)
Marie of Anjou (died 1463)
Born 1404Alesso Baldovinetti
Italian painter (died 1499)
Born 1425Konrad Peutinger
German humanist and antiquarian (died 1547)
Born 1465Shimazu Tadayoshi
Japanese daimyō (died 1568)
Born 1493Philip IV
Count of Nassau-Weilburg (died 1602)
Born 1542Jodocus Hondius
Flemish engraver and cartographer (died 1611)
Born 1563Giambattista Marino
Italian poet (died 1625)
Born 1569Antipope Dioscorus
Antipope Dioscorus
530Shi Yuanzhong
Chinese governor
841Pang Xun
Chinese rebel leader
869Gerloc
Frankish noblewoman
962Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid caliph (born 955)
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