49. Tiberius Drusus Claudius, emperor of Rome, died of poison administered by his wife. He succeeded Caligula, and became contemptible for his vices and weakness.
409. Irruption of the Vandals into Spain, who, dividing her prolific territories, turned their swords into ploughshares.
643. Oswy, of Northumberland, and 10th king of Britain, ascended the throne. The great controversy for the celebration of Easter, was decided by him.
1164. The great council opened at Northampton, England, for the trial of Thomas Becket, by whose sentence he was placed at the king's mercy.
1269. The bones of Edward the Confessor enshrined in gold.
1417. Gregory XII (Angelo Corario), pope, died, aged 92. He was elected during the schism of the west, while the opposite party supported Benedict XIII. They were both deposed, and another elected.
1503. Theodore Beza, a learned French protestant, died. He was professor of Greek at Lausanne, in Switzerland.
1515. Battle of Marignon, in Italy; the Swiss defeated by the French under Francis I.
1698. The French missionary Gerbillon, returned to Pekin from his eighth and last journey, from thence into Tartary, journals of all which are published in Du Halde's History of China.
1705. The parliament of Scotland convened for the last time.