489 Odoacer (first
Germanic king of Italy) attacked Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths at the Battle of Verona, and was defeated
again.
1009 Caliph al Hakim ordered the destruction of the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher, Jerusalem, a Christian holy site.
1066 William the Conqueror, with a
Norman army of 5,000 men, set sail from France for England, to claim the
English throne.
1509 Storm ravages the Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast, killing thousands.
1540 Pope Paul III approved the first outline of the
organization of the Jesuit Society, drafted by St. Ignatius of Loyola, the
order's founder.
1590 Pope Urban VII died 13 days after being chosen as the
Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
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