533. The Roman general Belisarius achieved the conquest of Africa, a chaotic waste of enslaved humanity, where the image of intelligence is unknown.
1321. Alghieri Dante, a celebrated Italian poet, died. His most considerable work is the Inferno.
1403. Battle of Homildon hill, in which the Scots were defeated.
1499. Vasco de Gama landed at Lisbon from his immortal adventure.
1523. Adrian VI, pope, died. He was of obscure birth, but his abilities raised him gradually to consequence.
1528. Richard Fox, bishop of Exeter and Durham, died. He was of obscure origin; besides his episcopal offices he was employed on several embassies.
1544. The English under the duke of Norfolk raised the siege of Montreuil in France.
1646. Thomas Howard, earl of Arundel, died; famous for the discovery of the Parian marbles which bear his name, and which he gave to the university of Oxford.
1661. The bodies of May the historian, the mother and daughter of Cromwell, Pym and several others, were removed from king Henry VII's chapel and buried in the churchyard.
1666. A French expedition, consisting of 28 companies of foot and all the militia of the colony, marched from Quebec for the purpose of destroying the Mohawks. This formidable army, entered the Mohawk country, after a march of 700 miles, and laid waste their villages; the Indians, retiring into the woods with their women and children, escaped. The expedition was commanded by M. de Tracy, then upwards of 70 years of age.