1098. Capture of Antioch, the capital of Syria, by the first crusaders. The sword of Godfrey, says an eye witness, divided a Turk from the shoulder to the haunch; and one half of the infidel fell to the ground, while the other half was carried by his horse to the city gates.
1137. Cathedral of Rochester, in England, burned.
1162. Thomas a Becket made archbishop of Canterbury.
1594. John Aylmer, a learned and benevolent English prelate, died. He was tutor to lady Jane Grey, and more noted for his severity against the Puritans than for his learning.
1609. Mary Ellis died at Leigh, England, aged 119. Her inscription informs the reader that "she was a virgin of virtuous courage and very promising hopes."
1611. Lady Arabella Seymour escaped from confinement in the tower of London by stratagem.
1647. King Charles I of England arrested by Joyce with 500 cavalry, at Holdenby.
1649. Faria E. Sousa, a Castilian historian and lyric poet, died. He devoted himself with great ardor to literature, and wrote, by his own account, 12 sheets daily. He labored 25 years on a commentary on the Lusiade, which was prohibited by the inquisition.
1657. William Harvey, an English physician, died; celebrated as the discoverer of the circulation of the blood.
1665. Naval action between the British fleet, 114 sail, besides fire ships, under the duke of York and prince Rupert, and the Dutch under admiral Opdam. The latter were defeated, with the loss of 19 ships sunk or taken. The admiral's ship was blown up with himself and all the crew. The English lost but one ship.