A look back at history on this date
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The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.
The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
The expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene makes landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, claiming the territory for Spain.
Thirteen Years' War: In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic knights.
Philip Augustus becomes king of France at the age of fifteen.
Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands with Tostig Godwinson at the mouth of the Humber River and begins his invasion of England.
Battle of Kapetron between a combined Byzantine-Georgian army and a Seljuq army.
Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
Emperor Domitian is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. Nerva is then proclaimed as his successor.
Trajan
Roman emperor (died 117)
Born 53Kan Bahlam I
ruler of Palenque (died 583)
Born 524Andronikos Komnenos
Byzantine prince and general (died 1130/31)
Born 1091Marie of France
Duchess of Bar (died 1404)
Born 1344Eleanor of Portugal
Holy Roman Empress (died 1467)
Born 1434Henry Stafford
1st Baron Stafford (died 1563)
Born 1501Haydar Mirza Safavi
Safavid prince (died 1576)
Born 1554Francesca Caccini
Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (died 1640)
Born 1587Domitian
Roman emperor (born AD 51)
96Constantine III
Roman usurper
411Wenilo
Frankish archbishop
869Pietro I Candiano
doge of Venice (born 842)
887Zhang Xiong
Chinese warlord
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