Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX

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Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies

Death

Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor

Event

Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)

Birth

Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas

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Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"

Event

Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70

Death

Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots

Event

Spanish troops occupy Manila

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William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)

Birth

Georges de la Tour, French painter

Birth

Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)

Birth

Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)

Birth

Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter

Birth

Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen

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Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia

Birth

Pieter Christiaensz Bor, Dutch historian, dies

Death

Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66

Death

Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide

Death

200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide

Event

Pedro Vaz Rego, composer

Birth

Nationally Council accept independence of French church

Event

Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, Fren explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43

Death

Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England/Scot, dies at 51

Death

James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England

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