Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth

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Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies

Death

Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies

Death

Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51

Death

Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)

Birth

Robert II, King of Scotland, dies

Death

Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne

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Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly

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John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55

Death

2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism

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Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt

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Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel

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Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63

Death

Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79

Death

Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet

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Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies

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Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France

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Orazio Benevoli, composer

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Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies

Death

Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam

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Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51

Death

William Smith, composer, dies at 42

Death

Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, Engl Lord High Admiral, dies at ñ70

Death

Sebastian Duron, composer

Birth

Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies

Death