Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered

Death

Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht

Death

Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb

Event

Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining

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Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I

Event

Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland

Event

Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World

Event

Columbus discovers Cayman Islands

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Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague

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French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland

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Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall

Birth

Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary

Event

Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65

Death

Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer

Death

Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant

Event

Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist

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Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37

Death

John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va

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John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61

Death

Jamaica captured by English

Event

Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins

Event

Jean de La BruyŠre, French author, dies at 50

Death

Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer

Birth

Gallus Zeiler, composer

Birth

Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46

Death