Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62

Death

Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope

Event

Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered

Death

Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies

Death

Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies

Death

Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach

Birth

Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies

Death

Peace of Atrecht

Event

Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57

Death

Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)

Birth

Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)

Birth

St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible

Event

St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible

Death

Severo Bonini, composer

Birth

Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37

Death

Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"

Birth

Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47

Death

French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII

Event

Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer

Birth

John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68

Death

Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn

Event

Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21

Death

English king Jacob II flees to France

Event

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer

Birth

John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered

Event