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337 - Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies.

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760 - Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

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987 - Louis V le Faineant the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at age 20.

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1176 - Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo.

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1200 - Peace of Goulet.

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1370 - Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium.

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1455 - Richard of York takes Saint Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI.

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1501 - Robert Gaguin French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at age 66.

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1526 - Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac.

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1540 - Francesco Guicciardini Italian historian/President of Romagna, dies at age 57.

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