Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31

Death

St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

Event

80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz

Event

Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle

Death

Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56

Death

Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China

Event

Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army

Event

Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)

Birth

Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan

Death

John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies

Death

100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily

Event

Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino

Event

Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)

Birth

Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)

Birth

Henri Guise [le Balafr‚], French duke/leader (Catholic League)

Birth

Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion

Event

Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies

Death

British East India Company chartered

Event

Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam

Event

Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31

Death

Hungarian King Bethlen G bor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov

Event

Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies

Death

Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies

Death

J nos Ap czai Csere, Hung theologist (Magyar Logik cska), dies at 34

Death

Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist

Birth