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0117 Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) 
0378 Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army.
0378 Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50
0681 Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta
0803 Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies.
1048 Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days
1173 Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete
1173 Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin.
1329 Quilon the inaugural Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the inaugural Bishop
1378 Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil).
1420 Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies.
1483 Opening of the Sistine Chapel.
1516 Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66.
1559 Willem of Orange is recorded as becoming viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht
1593 Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)
1596 Henry van Cuyk is recorded as becoming bishop of Roermond
1611 Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth.
1612 Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies.
1613 Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36.
1631 John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]
1634 Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies
1638 Jonas Bronck of Holland is recorded as becoming inaugural European settler in the Bronx.
1638 Jonas Bronck of Holland is recorded as becoming 1st European settler in Bronx.
1652 John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37
1655 Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts
1666 Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire"
1668 Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64
1672 Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70.
1673 Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674.
1673 Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY.
1677 Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer
1686 Benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24].
1690 Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer
1696 Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general.
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