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Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia.
Queen consort Gertrude of Merania is assassinated by a group of Hungarian lords.
King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray.
William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.
Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival SlavnĂk dynasty.
Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.
Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor.
Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.
Confucius
Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. (died 479 BC)
Born 551 BCJavanshir
King of Caucasian Albania (died 680)
Born 616Agnolo Firenzuola
Italian poet and playwright (died 1545)
Born 1494Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne
Marshal of France (died 1623)
Born 1555Théodore de Mayerne
Swiss physician (died 1654)
Born 1573Ismaël Bullialdus
French astronomer and mathematician (died 1694)
Born 1605Johann Mattheson
German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (died 1764)
Born 1681Henry Fox
1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1774)
Born 1705Pompey
Roman general and politician (born 106 BC)
48 BCRabbi Akiva
Jewish sage, martyr. (born c. 50)
135Leoba
Anglo-Saxon nun (born c. 710)
782Wenceslaus I
duke of Bohemia (born c. 907)
935Minamoto no Hiromasa
Japanese nobleman (born 918)
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