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The Army of the Three Guarantees triumphantly enters Mexico City, led by Agustín de Iturbide. The following day Mexico is declared independent.
The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to Jews.
American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia.
The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
After the brief Gollub War, the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with Poland and Lithuania.
The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture.
William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
Ninmyō
Japanese emperor (died 850)
Born 808Ermentrude of Orléans
Queen of the Franks (probable year; d. 869)
Born 830Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
King of Bohemia and Poland (died 1305)
Born 1271John II
Duke of Brabant (died 1312)
Born 1275Adolf
Count Palatine of the Rhine (died 1327)
Born 1300Cosimo de' Medici
ruler of Florence (died 1464)
Born 1389Stanisław Kazimierczyk
Polish canon regular and saint (died 1489)
Born 1433John de la Pole
2nd Duke of Suffolk (died 1491)
Born 1442Pugu Huai'en
Chinese general during the Tang dynasty
765Kyŏn Hwŏn
king of Later Baekje (born 867)
936Vekenega
Croatian Benedictine abbess
1111Bonfilius
Italian saint and bishop of Foligno (bornc. 1040)
1115Richeza of Berg
Duchess of Bohemia (born c.1095)
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