Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die

Event

Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire

Event

Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies

Death

Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy

Birth

Floris IV, Count of Holland

Birth

Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid

Event

Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France

Event

Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle

Death

Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies

Death

Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism

Event

6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz

Event

Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated

Death

Jews of Palma Majorca massacred

Event

Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg and Eichst„tt)

Birth

Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka

Event

Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria

Event

Ercole Bottrigari, composer

Birth

Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain

Event

Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon

Event

Gaspard de Chƒtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded

Death

Charles de F‚ligny, French officer/huguenot, murdered

Death

King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants

Event

John Amner, composer

Birth

Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)

Birth

Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies

Death