1079. A reformation in the Persian calendar effected by a general assembly of the Eastern astronomers. It is called the Gelalean era, but is only a renovation of that of Zoroaster, which had been neglected after the fall of the Magian empire.
1527. Pope Clement VII concluded a treaty with Lannoy, viceroy of Naples, which the duke of Bourbon disregarded, and marched for Rome.
1573. Michael de l'Hospital died. Few French statesmen were more liberal than him. He narrowly escaped the Bartholomew massacre, and his daughter, who had embraced the reformed religion was saved by the widow duchess of Guise, who concealed her.
1617. Thomas Egerton, an eminent and learned English lawyer, died. He was chancellor under James I.
1655. Theodore Mayerne, an eminent physician, died. He was born in Switzerland, studied in France, and settled in England in the service of James I, where he died.
1660. Dr. Wren, bishop of Ely, released after fifteen years' imprisonment.
1665. James, duke of York, established at Gunfleet the first regular system of naval warfare in England.
1672. The famed act of indulgence, passed by Charles II, containing a clause for liberty of conscience.
1743. John Baptist Molinier died; a distinguished preacher and theological writer of Toulouse.
1754. Denys Francis Secousse, a learned Frenchman, died. He was one of the first pupils of Rollin, and left the bar for the study of literature.