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530 - Saint Felix IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

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530 - Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

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1290 - Birth of Bilbo Baggins (in Shire Reconning).

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1499 - The Peace of Basel concludes the final war of Swiss independence. The Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian I had attempted to retake Switzerland, but was repulsed.

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1520 - Selim I captured Baghdad, dies at age 53.

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1656 - All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her).

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1658 - Georg Philipp Harsdörfer poet (Poetischer Trichter), dies at age 50.

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1692 - Last person hanged for witchcraft in US.

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1694 - Birth of Lord Chesterfield letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752).

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1756 - Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University.

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