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0455 Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome 
0455 A D Gaiseric and the Vandals sacked Rome.
0575 In this year, Benedict I starts his reign as Catholic Pope
0657 St Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
0657 Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies
0910 Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia.
1129 Fulco V's son Godfried marries king Henry I's daughter Mathildis
1418 Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile.
1504 George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht
1535 Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)
1564 Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies.
1567 Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain
1572 Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36.
1575 Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65.
1577 Giovanni Righi, composer.
1581 James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland
1597 Diederik Sonoy, German/Neth governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67.
1614 Benjamin Rogers, composer.
1615 inaugural Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
1619 England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies.
1624 Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)
1625 Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
1627 English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company
1632 Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58.
1633 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne
1639 Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62
1676 Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet.
1678 Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63.
1693 John Wildman, English soldier and politician.
1697 Monarch August van Saksen is recorded as becoming Catholic
1715 Herman-Francois Delange, composer.
1716 Ogata Korin, Japanese painter
1740 Marquis de Sade, French author is born.
1740 Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)
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