A look back at history on this date
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The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.
War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.
King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
Al-Dhahabi
Syrian scholar and historian (died 1348)
Born 1274Alexios III of Trebizond (died 1390)[citation needed]
Alexios III of Trebizond (died 1390)[citation needed]
Born 1338Louis II of Anjou (died 1417)
Louis II of Anjou (died 1417)
Born 1377Catherine
Princess of Asturias, Spanish royal (died 1424)
Born 1422Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg
German nobleman (died 1553)
Born 1487Alessandro Farnese
Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1589)
Born 1520Rani Durgavati
Queen of Gond (died 1564)
Born 1524Paul Fleming
German physician and poet (died 1640)
Born 1609Pradyota
King of Avanti and Magadha
659 BCJustin II
Byzantine emperor (born 520)
578Phocas
Byzantine emperor
610Henry III
duke of Bavaria (born 940)
989Henry III
Holy Roman Emperor (born 1016)
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