1540. Diet of Worms; conference between the popish and protestant divines; Melanchton and Eckius maintained the principal part of the dispute.
1540. Thomas Davidson, licensed by the "rycht excellent prince James V, king of Scots, to print the new actis and constitutionis of parliament."
1541. Emperor Charles V, obliged by a storm to relinquish his attempt on Algiers and return to Europe.
1557. John Macchabaeus (or Macalpine) died. He was a Scotchman, who resided sometime at Wirtemberg, with Luther and Melanchton. He was afterwards invited to Copenhagen, where he assisted in translating the Danish Bible.
1648. Colonel Pride prevented about 200 members of parliament from entering the house. This is usually called Pride's purge.
1670. Henry Jenkins, an Englishman, died at the remarkable age of 169. He retained his faculties to the last, and was once examined in court on a circumstance that happened 140 years before. As he was born before parochial registers were kept, no parish would support him, and he was obliged to beg for a subsistence.
1672. Jasper Mayne died; an English divine, poet and dramatic writer.
1675. John Lightfoot died; an eminent English divine, distinguished as an able scholar and an eloquent orator.
1688. Flight of Mary d'Este, queen of
James II, of England, with her child, afterwards the pretender.