Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague

Death

Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes 1st prince of Wales

Event

Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)

Birth

Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches

Event

Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III

Event

Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren

Birth

King Philip II forms inquistion in South America

Event

Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician

Birth

Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79

Death

Ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies

Death

Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)

Birth

Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia

Event

Acad‚mie Fran‡aise begins Dictionary of French Language

Event

Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France

Event

Jean-Fran‡ois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)

Birth

Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"

Event

Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange

Birth

Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS]

Birth

Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen)

Birth

Carl August Thielo, composer

Birth

William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music

Birth

Joseph Pouteau, composer

Birth

Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP

Birth

Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57

Death

Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76

Death