Other Events
661 – The Rashidun Caliphate ends with death of Ali.
1142 – Execution, believed wrongful, of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.
1186 – Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
1343 – Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.
1593 – The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
1785 – The first public university in the United States is founded.
1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded.
1984 – Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp.
1996 – Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Births
1443 – Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)
1546 – Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)
1585 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
1603 – Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)
1621 – Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)
