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Events in History

  • Jan 5 Battle of Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7,000 + killed including their leader Charles Duke of Burgundy
  • Nov 18 First English dated printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William Caxton
  • Dec 11 Duchess Maria of Burgundy ends the 'Great Privilege' in states of The Netherlands

Birthdays in History

  • Jan 14 Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
  • Jan 16 Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
  • Jan 25 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII
  • Mar 20 Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)

Weddings in History

  • Aug 16 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, weds Mary of Burgundy, the heiress to the Duchy of Burgundy in Ghent, Belgium

Deaths in History

  • Jan 5 Charles, the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, dies at the Battle of Nancy at 43
  • Jul 22 Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 39