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295 - Eighth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

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850 - Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne.

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1139 - Second Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome.

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1164 - Victor IV [Ottaviano Montecello] Italian antipope (1159-64), dies.

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1314 - Clement V [Bertrand Got] pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies.

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1317 - Agnes van Montepulciano Italian mystic/saint, dies.

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1442 - Birth of Edward IV King (England, 1461-83).

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1494 - Birth of John Agricola [Schneider] in Eisleben, Germany; German theologist/prime minister, proponent of the concept that Christian grace replaces the Ten Commandments.

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1505 - Jews are expelled from Orange Burgundy by Philibert of Luxembourg.

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1534 - Elizabeth Barton [Nun of Kent] British prophet, is executed.

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