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After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
Year 1422
King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.
Year 1776
William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
Year 1795
War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
Year 1798
Irish Rebellion of 1798: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
Year 1813
At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
Year 1864
During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
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