Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44

Death

Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I

Birth

End of Gelderse war victory

Event

Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies

Death

Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)

Birth

Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies

Death

Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57

Death

Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55

Death

Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)

Birth

German Parliament opens in Worms

Event

France and England sign Peace of Boulogne

Event

Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies

Death

Elizabeth I Tudor, [Maiden Queen], UK queen (1558-1603), dies at 69

Death

Scottish king James VI becomes King James I of England

Event

Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)

Birth

1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia

Event

Jos‚ Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal

Birth

Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68

Death

Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42

Death

Cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies

Death

Battle at Jankov Bohemia: Sweden beatS RC emperor Ferdinand III

Event

Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66

Death

William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston

Death

Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island

Event

Jos‚ F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer

Birth