Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64

Death

Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies

Death

Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1211), dies at 56

Death

Gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies

Death

Antonio Squarcialupi, composer

Birth

Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37

Death

Maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25

Death

Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida

Event

Everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer

Birth

Robert Devereux becomes lt-general of Ireland

Event

James I Stuart, king of Scotland (1567)/England (1603-25), dies at 58

Death

Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne

Event

Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau)

Birth

Clemens Thieme, composer, dies at 36

Death

English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company

Event

Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38

Death

Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/Fr admiral, dies at 58

Death

Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer

Birth

English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk

Event

Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded)

Event

Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer

Birth

Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar

Event

Anton Ulrich, German duke of Brunswick/poet, dies at 80

Death

France and Spain sign Treaty of Madrid

Event

Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney/father of emperor Napoleon

Birth