St Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

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Leo I the Great, Italian Pope (440-61), dies

Death

Conrad I elecect German King

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Celestine IV, [Goffredo Castiglioni], Pope (1241, 16 days), dies

Death

Pedro III, king of Aragon, dies

Death

Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15

Death

Charles of Charolais, the Bold, Duke of Burgundy/polyglot

Birth

Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders

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Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary, dies in battle at 20

Death

Charles of Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen [or Nov 9]

Birth

Martin Luther, Eisleben Germany, founded Protestantism

Birth

John I Z polyai of Transsylvania chosen as king of Hungary

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Antwerps painter John Matsys banished

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Paul III, [Alessandro Farnese], Italian Pope (1534-49), dies at 81

Death

Robert Devereux 2nd earl of Essex/cousin/lover of Elizabeth I

Birth

Battle at St-Denis: French govt army vs Huguenots

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Jacob Cats, [Father Cats], Dutch grand pensionary/poet (Houwelyck)

Birth

Willem Louis of Nassau appointed viceroy of Friesland

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Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France

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Francesco Passarini, composer

Birth

Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer, dies at 36

Death

Fran‡ois Couperin, Paris France, composer/organist (Concerts Royaux)

Birth

Geory Horn, [Hornius], theologist/historian, dies at about 50

Death

Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies

Death

Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English

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