1456. John Corvinus Hunniades died; a general in the Hungarian armies, distinguished for his bravery and his great success in the wars with the Turks.
1532. Pizarro, having landed in Peru and founded a colony, now began his march for the conquest of the country. His force consisted of 62 horse, and 106 foot, among whom were 20 crossbowmen, with which he went forth to encounter tens of thousands of fierce and warlike men. It is said that Pizarro incited his followers to this dangerous enterprise by the singular argument, that this main design was the propagation of the catholic faith, without injuring any person.
1588. Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, died. He was a great favorite at the court of Elizabeth, and accounted a man of talents; but artful, ambitious, and criminal.
1598. Philip II of Spain died at the Escurial of a loathsome disease. By his own account, he expended 600,000,000 of gold ducats and sacrificed 20,000,000 of human lives.
1665. Naval action between the English and Dutch; the latter lost 12 war and 2 East India ships.
1676. John Ogilby, a Scottish writer, died. From the profession of a dancing master he became an eminent geographer, critic and poet.
1699. Christian V, king of Denmark, died, in consequence of a wound received in hunting, aged 53. He was much engaged in war. (August 25?)
1727. The body of George I of England was interred in the night at Hanover.
1745. The town of Perth occupied by the adherents to Charles the pretender, and he himself proclaimed king of Great Britain.
1753. Andrew Fountaine, an English antiquarian, died. He traveled over the European continent in search of pictures, medals, statues and inscriptions, with which he enriched the cabinets of England.