Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors

Event

Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies

Death

Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40

Death

Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies

Death

Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies

Death

Jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46

Death

Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas)

Event

Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"

Event

Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant

Event

Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies

Death

Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan

Event

Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy

Event

Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer

Birth

Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)

Birth

Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies

Death

Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome

Birth

Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62

Death

Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists

Event

Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)

Birth

Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies

Death

Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)

Birth

Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris

Event

Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty

Event

Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia

Event

France, England and Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty

Event