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1387 - Birth of Henry V king of England (1413-22).

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1498 - Tomas de Torquemada inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies.

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1621 - After a six-week siege, Riga, Livonia, surrenders to Swedish forces.

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1630 - Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston.

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1662 - Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, first known astronomical observation.

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1672 - Anne Bradstreet American poet, dies (birth date unknown).

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1690 - Death by decapitation of anti-French leader Cornelius Kosterman of Rotterdam.

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1741 - George Frederick Handel's The Messiah premieres in Dublin.

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1782 - Great Seal of US used for first time.

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1795 - British capture Capetown.

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