St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope

Event

St Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

Event

Pope Sergius names Willibrord as archbishop Clemens of Friezen

Event

Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht

Event

Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87

Death

Pinta under Mart¡n A Pinz¢n separates from Columbus' fleet

Event

John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)

Birth

Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61

Death

Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author

Birth

Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed

Death

Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies

Death

Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod

Event

Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass

Event

Jakob B”hme, German philosophical mystic, dies (birth date unknown)

Death

Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)

Birth

Johann Lohner, composer

Birth

Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia

Event

Johann Michael Muller, composer

Birth

Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet

Birth

Voltaire, [Fran‡ois-Marie Arouet], France, thinker (Candide)

Birth

Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36

Death

J Vanbrughes "Relapse or Virtue in Danger," premieres in London

Event

Barnardo Pasquini, composer, dies at 72

Death

John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist

Birth

Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian gen-admiral, dies at about 57

Death