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364 - Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about age 32.

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956 - Hugo the Great earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about age 55.

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1370 - Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania.

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1444 - Birth of Rudolf Agricola [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist.

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1490 - Birth of Charles de Bourbon officer/governor (Lombardy).

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1519 - Birth of François de Guise [Balafré], French general strategist (Calais).

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1568 - Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay annual tribute to Sultan for peace.

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1583 - Birth of J Henry Alting Dutch theologist.

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1598 - Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia.

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1600 - Giordano Bruno advocate of Copernican theory and plurality of worlds, burned at stake by the Inquisition in Rome.

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