230 Pope Pontian succeeded Urban
I as the eighteenth pope.
285 Diocletian appointed Maximian as Caesar and
co-ruler.
365 A tsunami devastated the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The tsunami
was caused by an earthquake estimated to be 8.0 on the Richter Scale. 5,000
people perished in Alexandria, and 45,000 more died outside the city.
1403
Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeated rebels to the north of
the county town of Shropshire, England.
1545 The first landing of French troops
on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of
Wight.
1588 The Armada - an invasion fleet sent by Philip II of Spain - was
sighted off the coast of Cornwall.
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