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296 - Saint Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

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536 - Saint Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

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1056 - Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye.

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1073 - Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII.

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1145 - 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

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1164 - Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III.

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1253 - Elias van Cortona Italian General (1232-39), dies at about age 53.

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1355 - Eleonora Plantagenet daughter of King Edward II, dies at age 36.

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1357 - Birth of Johan I King of Portugal (1383-1433).

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1370 - Bastille begins being built in Paris France.

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