1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued

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St Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula Italy

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Pope Boniface VIII degree Clericis Iaicos

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Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia and Africa)

Birth

Battle at Falk”ping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden

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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist

Birth

England's Henry VII ends commercial dispute with Flanders

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Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor

Birth

Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)

Birth

Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice

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Fran‡ois I caught taken/8700 killed

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Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia

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Battle at Pavia: Emperor Karel V's troops beat French king

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Ferdinand of Austria crowned as king of Bohemia

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Hungarian anti-king J nos Z polyai and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty

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1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V

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Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)

Birth

King Ferdinand of Austria and King J nos Z polyai of Hungary sign Peace of Grosswardein

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Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12)

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Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland

Birth

Privileges of Hanseatic League in England are abrogated

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Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19)

Birth

Fran‡ois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44

Death

Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar

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Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet

Birth