St Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope

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Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55)

Birth

Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies

Death

Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies

Death

Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht

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Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers)

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English king John begins siege around Lille France

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Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf and Albrecht I

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Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43

Death

Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr

Birth

Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies

Death

Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62

Death

Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea

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Johann Staden, composer

Birth

Guillaume van Messaus, composer

Birth

Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army

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Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies

Death

Daniel Speer, composer

Birth

Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], German court vicar

Birth

Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists

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William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24

Death

Daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English min of foreign affairs

Birth

Guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans)

Birth

Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64

Death

Earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason

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