Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies

Death

Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens

Event

Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74

Death

Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies

Death

Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies

Death

Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)

Event

Storm ravages Friese coast

Event

English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested

Event

Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81

Death

Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80

Death

Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned

Death

Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered

Death

Gregory XIV, [Niccol• Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56

Death

William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62

Death

Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines

Event

Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer

Birth

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59

Death

Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried

Death

Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz

Event

Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer

Birth

Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68

Death

Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43

Death

Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62

Death

Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)

Birth

British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia

Event