Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies

Death

Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies

Death

Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)

Event

500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots

Event

Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies

Death

Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication

Event

Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die

Event

Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espa¤ola/Haiti)

Event

Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I

Event

Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet

Birth

Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian

Birth

Fran‡ois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16

Death

Niccol• Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV

Event

Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82

Death

Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence

Event

Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)

Birth

Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80

Death

Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer

Birth

John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73

Death

Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer

Birth

Carlo Arrigoni, composer

Birth

Giuseppe de Majo, composer

Birth

Joseph Friebert, composer

Birth

-6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers

Event

Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52

Death