St Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope

Event

12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

Event

German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned

Event

Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies

Death

Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60

Death

Cortez lands in M‚xico

Event

Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole

Birth

Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies

Death

Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli

Event

Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels

Event

Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger

Event

Louis Cond‚, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies in battle

Death

Lodewijk Cond‚, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies

Death

Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots

Event

Michel de l'H“pital, chancellor of France (1560-68), dies at about 65

Death

Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai

Event

Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint

Birth

Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)

Birth

Richard Burbage, English actor (Shakespeare), dies

Death

Acad‚mie Fran‡aise opens

Event

Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard

Event

Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam

Event

Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000

Event

Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal

Birth

James Kent, composer

Birth