A look back at history on this date
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Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel.
Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the US state of Georgia.
The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.
Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France.
Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang.
The Byzantine-Venetian War comes to an end.
Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
Alys
Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (died c. 1220)
Born 1160Rudolf I
Duke of Bavaria (died 1319)
Born 1274Margaret of Brabant (died 1311)
Margaret of Brabant (died 1311)
Born 1276Louis X of France (died 1316)
Louis X of France (died 1316)
Born 1289James Butler
2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (died 1382)
Born 1331Henry III of Castile (died 1406)
Henry III of Castile (died 1406)
Born 1379Francis Bigod
English noble (died 1537)
Born 1507Lucas Cranach the Younger
German painter (died 1586)
Born 1515Yazid III
Umayyad caliph (born 701)
744Turpio
Frankish nobleman
863Vladimir of Novgorod (born 1020)
Vladimir of Novgorod (born 1020)
1052Constance of Castile
Queen of France (born 1141)
1160Gerard de Ridefort
Grand Master of the Knights Templar
1189See how inflation has changed the value of money since you were born.
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