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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[310]] &ndash; [[Pope Eusebius]] is banished by Emperor [[Maxentius]] to [[Sicily]], where he dies. *[[682]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo II]] is elected. *[[986]] &ndash; A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army is destroyed at the pass of Trajan by [[Bulgaria]]ns. *[[1386]] &ndash; [[Karl Topia]], ruler of the Princedom of [[Albania]], creates an [[alliance]] with the [[Republic of Venice]]. *[[1424]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Verneuil]] – English victory over the French. *[[1498]] &ndash; [[Cesare Borgia]], son of [[Pope Alexander VI]], becomes the first [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] to–date to resign from his post. *[[1560]] &ndash; [[Protestantism]] becomes the official religion of [[Scotland]]. *[[1585]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Siege of Antwerp]] – [[Antwerp]] is captured by Spanish forces under [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], who orders Protestants to leave the city. *[[1668]] &ndash; A magnitude [[1668 North Anatolia earthquake|8.0 earthquake]] kills around 8,000 people in northern [[Anatolia]], [[Ottoman Empire]]. *[[1740]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XIV]] is elected. *[[1771]] &ndash; [[Edinburgh]] botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded successful climb of [[Ben Nevis]], the highest point in both [[Scotland]] and the whole of the present–day [[United Kingdom]]. *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Frederick II of Prussia]] dies, having been a very influential leader in [[Prussia]]. His son, [[Frederick William II of Prussia]], succeeds him. *[[1807]] &ndash; [[Robert Fulton]]'s North River Steamboat leaves [[New York City]] for [[Albany, New York|Albany]] on the [[Hudson River]]. *[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: The [[Dakota War of 1862]] begins in [[Minnesota]]. *[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Gainesville]] – [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces defeat [[United States|Union]] forces near [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]], [[Florida]]. *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Bridget Driscoll]] become