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814 - Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at age 71.

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1077 - Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV.

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1099 - First Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria.

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1119 - Gelasius II [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies.

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1256 - Willem II Earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at age 22.

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1262 - Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm.

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1393 - Earl of Joigny burned at royal ball.

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1393 - Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, four die (Ball of the Ardents).

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1457 - Birth of Henry VII Pembroke Castle, first Tudor king of England (1485-1509).

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1495 - Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France.

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