Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens

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Pope Stephen IV, [V] elected to succeed Leo III

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Innocent V, [Pierre the Tarantaise], Pope (1276), dies at about 36

Death

Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning)

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Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England

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Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland

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Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)

Birth

Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath

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Machiavelli, writer, dies

Death

Ferdinand of Austria and Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty

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John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65

Death

Jewish quarter of Prague burned and looted

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Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java

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Pablo Bruna, composer

Birth

Henry Hudson and son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers

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Lambert Pietkin, composer

Birth

Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)

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Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo

Birth

Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II

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Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer

Birth

Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)

Birth

Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor (Mariens„ule)

Birth

Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71

Death

King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press

Event

Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer

Birth