A look back at history on this date
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Second Ottoman-Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan.
Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.
Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.
Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed.
The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Latin Christians in response to Aydınid piracy during the Smyrniote crusades.
The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.
Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
Henry III
Holy Roman Emperor (died 1056)
Born 1017Erasmus
Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
Born 1466John Gage
English courtier (died 1556)
Born 1479Francis Borgia
4th Duke of GandÃa, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1572)
Born 1510Stanislaus Kostka
Polish saint (died 1568)
Born 1550Cornelius Jansen
Dutch bishop and theologian (died 1638)
Born 1585Marie of the Incarnation
foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (died 1672)
Born 1599Jacob Kettler
3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682)
Born 1610Maxentius
Roman emperor (born 278)
312Ibas of Edessa
Syrian bishop
457Beggo
count of Toulouse and Paris
816Remigius of Lyon
Frankish archbishop
875King BolesÅaw III Wrymouth of Poland
King BolesÅaw III Wrymouth of Poland
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