Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies

Death

John I, ruler of Poland, dies

Death

Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27

Death

Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies

Death

Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey

Event

Sultan Bajezid I beheads 100s of crusaders

Event

Brussels Brabants/Limburgse audit-office established

Event

Francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England

Event

Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies

Death

Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71

Death

Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark

Event

Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware

Event

Hadji Chalfa/Kƒtib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48

Death

Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal

Event

Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians

Event

Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist

Birth

Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator

Birth

France, Spain and Sardinia sign anti-German covenant

Event

Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian fieldmarshal/gov-gen

Birth

Wenzel Muller, composer

Birth

Denis Diderot's "Le Fils Naturel," premieres in Paris

Event

New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine

Event

John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman

Birth

British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution

Event

England and France sign trade agreement

Event