Start of Islamic calendar

Event

Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21

Death

1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities)

Event

Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies

Death

1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul

Event

"Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed

Event

Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63

Death

Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57

Death

2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England

Event

Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China

Event

Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out

Event

Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London

Event

Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter

Birth

Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic

Event

John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)

Birth

William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38

Death

France and Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of B„rwald

Event

Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil

Event

Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake

Death

Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians

Event

Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament

Event

Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40

Death

King Louis XIV affirms covenant with R˜nstaten

Event

England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French

Event

Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80

Death