Events on 1 November 76
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The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
Year 996
Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
Year 1141
Empress Matilda's reign as 'Lady of the English' ends with Stephen of Blois regaining the title of King of England.
Year 1348
The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists".
Year 1512
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
Year 1520
The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.
Year 1555
French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.