461 St Leo I ended his reign as Catholic Pope.
627 Saint Justus died.The fourth archbishop of Canterbury, Justus had a role in converting Northumbria to Christianity.
911 Conrad I was elected German King.
1444 The Battle of Varna: The Turkish victory over a Hungarian force ended the efforts of European powers to save Constantinople from Turkish conquest.
1483 Martin Luther was born.
1520 Danish King Christian II executed dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath after a successful invasion of Sweden.
1619 René Descartes had the dreams that inspired his Meditations on First Philosophy.
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