1519. Charles V declared emperor by the electoral voices.
1559. Henry II of France wounded in the eye with a spear, at a famous tournament, by the English count de Montgomery, of which he died. (See [July 10].)
1573. Gaspard Sanly de Tavannes, a distinguished French general, died. He was an honor to the military profession, and by his exertions the king of Navarre and the prince of Conde escaped the massacre of St. Bartholomews.
1586. Primus Truber, a Lutheran minister, who gave the first edition of the Vandalie scriptures, died.
1612. A lottery drawn in London for the benefit of the Virginia plantations, the profits of which amounted to nearly £30,000.
1644. Battle of Cropredy bridge; the parliament forces under Waller, defeated by the royalists.
1667. The French, Dutch and Danes concluded a peace with England at Breda.
1674. Charles II granted to his brother, the duke of York, the territory of the state of Delaware, then a part of New Netherland.
1678. Grenadiers introduced into England.
1716. Ernestus Augustus, duke of Brunswick, Lunenburg, and bishop of Osnabruck, brother to George I, created duke of York and Albany, in Great Britain, and earl of Ulster in Ireland.