A look back at history on this date
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American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.
Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover.
Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.
The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time.
King Otto I defeats a Slavic revolt in what is now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Abd ar-Rahman III becomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba.
Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti
first Duke of Milan (died 1402)
Born 1351William de la Pole
1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (died 1450)
Born 1396James II of Scotland (died 1460)
James II of Scotland (died 1460)
Born 1430Gasparo Contarini
Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1542)
Born 1483Niwa Nagahide
Japanese samurai (died 1585)
Born 1535Luke Wadding
Irish Franciscan friar and historian (died 1657)
Born 1588Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy
French writer and composer (died 1677)
Born 1605Pierre Paul Puget
French painter and sculptor (died 1694)
Born 1620Fu Jian
Chinese emperor (born 337)
385Lullus
archbishop of Mainz (born 710)
786Al-Hakam II
Umayyad caliph (born 915)
976Fujiwara no Kenshi
Japanese empress (born 994)
1027Pedro González de Lara
Castilian magnate
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