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{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === *[[1091]] &ndash; [[London tornado of 1091]]: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London. *[[1346]] &ndash; The English capture King David II of Scotland at [[Battle of Neville's Cross|Neville's Cross]] and imprison him for eleven years. *[[1448]] &ndash; An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the [[Battle of Kosovo (1448)|Second Battle of Kosovo]]. *[[1456]] &ndash; The [[University of Greifswald]] is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe. *[[1534]] &ndash; [[Affair of the Placards|Anti-Catholic posters]] appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass. *[[1558]] &ndash; [[Poczta Polska]], the Polish postal service, is founded. *[[1604]] &ndash; [[Kepler's Supernova]] is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus. *[[1610]] &ndash; French king [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] is crowned in Reims Cathedral. *[[1660]] &ndash; The [[List of regicides of Charles I|Nine regicide]]s who signed the death warrant of [[Charles I of England]] are hanged, drawn and quartered. *[[1662]] &ndash; Charles II of England [[Sale of Dunkirk|sells Dunkirk]] to France for 40,000 pounds. *[[1771]] &ndash; Premiere in Milan of the opera ''[[Ascanio in Alba]]'', composed by Mozart at age 15. *[[1777]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army [[Saratoga campaign|at Saratoga, New York]]. *[[1781]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the [[Siege of Yorktown]]. *[[1800]] &ndash; War of the Second Coalition: Britain [[Invasion of Curaçao (1800)|takes control]] of the Dutch colony of Curaçao. *[[1806]] &ndash; Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines|Jacques I]], is assassinated after an oppressive rule. *[[1814]] &ndash; Eight people die in the [[London Beer Flood]]. *[[1817]] &ndash; The [[KV17|tomb of Pharaoh Seti I]] is discovered.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ww