On this day in History - Nov. 5

Published: November 4, 2008, 8:09 pm

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1271 - Mahmud Ghazan was born (d. 1304). Persian ruler. 1370 - Casimir III the Great king of Poland dies.1414 - Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens. 1494 - Hans Sachs was born (d. 1576). German mastersinger.1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary had been written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It's the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary in world History. 1515 - Mariotto Albertinelli dies (b. 1474). Italian painter. 1522 - Andr s Amaral dies. Caballero portugu s y canciller de la orden de San Juan de Jerusal n.1530 - St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands. 1549 - Philippe de Mornay was born (d. 1623). French writer. 1556 - Second Battle of Panipat: Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mogul Army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India. 1559 - Kano Motonobu dies (b. 1476). Japanese painter. 1592 - Charles Chauncy was born (d.

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