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. 1
1619 René Descartes had the dreams that inspired his Meditations on First Philosophy.
