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The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
The Spanish siege of Alkmaar ends with the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.
The Great Stand on the Ugra River puts an end to Tatar rule over Moscow
Mladen II Šubić of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.
Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
Constantine I defeats Licinius, who loses his European territories.
Pyrrhus of Epirus (died 272 BC)
Pyrrhus of Epirus (died 272 BC)
Born 319 BCNarapatisithu
king of Burma (died 1211)
Born 1150Margaret Douglas
daughter of Archibald Douglas (died 1578)
Born 1515Giulio Caccini
Italian composer (died 1618)
Born 1551Jacques Auguste de Thou
French historian (died 1617)
Born 1553Heinrich Schütz
German organist and composer (died 1672)
Born 1585John Clarke
English physician (died 1676)
Born 1609Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro
Spanish monk and scholar (died 1764)
Born 1676Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Umayyad caliph (born 646)
705Pilgrim I
archbishop of Salzburg
923Xiao Sagezhi
Chinese Khitan empress
951Helen of Zadar
queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia
976Princess Constance of Greater Poland (born c.1245)
Princess Constance of Greater Poland (born c.1245)
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