1316. Louis X (Hutin), king of Navarre, died, aged 26. During his short reign the Jews were protected and encouraged in his dominions.
1376. Edward, prince of Wales (called the black prince from the color of his armor), died, aged 46. He distinguished himself as a warrior under his father Edward III in the war with France, in several famous battles, and was the idol of the nation.
1405. Archbishop Scroop beheaded at York, England, for insurrection.
1536. Henry VIII's new parliament passed an act of attainder against Anne Boleyn, and declared both divorces legal, and the issue illegitimate.
1590. Thomas Randolph, an English diplomatist under Elizabeth, died. He wrote an account of his embassy in Russia, 1568, which may be found in Hakluyt's Voyages.
1683. John Durell, an eminent English divine, died. His writings are chiefly controversial.
1692. Henry Arnauld, a French ecclesiastic, died. He was nearly half a century bishop of Angers, and devoted himself incessantly to the duties of his office.
1695. Christian Huygens, a celebrated Dutch mathematician, died. He made several astronomical discoveries, and improved the air pump. His works comprise 6 vols. 4to.
1709. Paper money first authorized and issued in New York.
1711. Catharine Lascaille, daughter of the celebrated Holland printer, James Lascaille, who herself was so famed as a poet, as to be called the Dutch Sappho, or the tenth muse, died in Holland.