Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies

Death

Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54

Death

Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope

Event

Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies

Death

Sancho II, king of Castili‰ (1065-72), murdered

Death

Boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders

Event

Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castili‰, dies

Death

French king Louis XII occupies Milan

Event

Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)

Birth

Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands

Event

Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies

Death

Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer

Birth

Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle

Death

Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies

Death

Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47

Death

13 Mennonite families from Germany found Germantown Pa (Phila)

Event

Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII

Event

Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )

Birth

English troops occupy Manila Philippines

Event

Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78

Death

William Russell, composer

Birth

Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British [OS=Sept 27]

Event

Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War

Event

Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock

Event

Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56

Death