43 B. C. Marcus Tullius Cicero, the celebrated Roman orator, statesman and philosopher, assassinated at his villa, by Popilius, at the instigation of Antony.
983. Otho II (the Bloody), emperor of Germany, poisoned.
1154. Landing of Henry II in England from France.
1229. The boy bishop said vespers before Edward I at Heton near New Castle upon Tyne. On Childermas the scholars of St. Paul's and other schools were enjoined to hear the "Chylde Bishop's sermon."
1542. Mary Stuart, sole daughter and heir to king James V, born.
1626. John Davies, an eminent English lawyer and poet, died. His works on legal subjects are numerous and valuable.
1641. Ralph Brownrig, bishop of Exeter, died. He had the hardihood boldly to advise Cromwell to restore Charles II to his throne.
1657. Cromwell sent an agent to the duke of Savoy to negotiate respecting his protestant subjects.
1666. Ten of the Scottish covenanters executed at Edinburgh.
1672. Richard Bellingham, governor of Massachusetts, died. He had exercised the offices of governor or deputy for 23 years.