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48 events · 95 deaths · 214 births

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Year 1096

People's Crusade: A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fight off the People's Army of the West.

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Year 1097

First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.

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Year 1209

Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.

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Year 1392

Nanboku-chō, Japan: Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.

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Year 1512

Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.

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Year 1520

Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.

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Year 1520

João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".

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Year 1600

Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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Year 1774

First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.

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Year 1797

In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2

🇧🇮 Burundi · President Ndadaye's Day

🇳🇵 Nepal · Ekadashi (Dashain)

Birthdays on 21 October 214

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Hongwu Emperor

b. 1328 – d. 1398

Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)

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George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence

b. 1449 – d. 1478

George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1478)

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Louis I, Cardinal of Guise

b. 1527 – d. 1578

Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (d. 1578)

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Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt

b. 1536 – d. 1586

Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (d. 1586)

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Domenichino

b. 1581 – d. 1641

Domenichino, Italian painter (d. 1641)

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Jean Bart

b. 1650 – d. 1702

Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)

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Henri de Boulainvilliers

b. 1658 – d. 1722

Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (d. 1722)

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Emperor Higashiyama

b. 1675 – d. 1710

Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)

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Nicolaus I Bernoulli

b. 1687 – d. 1759

Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687)

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James Steuart (economist)

b. 1712 – d. 1780

James Steuart, Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)

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Franz Moritz von Lacy

b. 1725 – d. 1801

Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)

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Pierre Augereau

b. 1757 – d. 1816

Pierre Augereau, French general (d. 1816)

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Deaths on 21 October 95

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Zhenzhu Khan

d. 645

Zhenzhu Khan, khan of Xueyantuo

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Gero (archbishop of Magdeburg)

d. 1023

Gero, Archbishop of Magdeburg

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Walter Sans Avoir

d. 1096

Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade

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Cosmas of Prague

d. 1125 (b. 1045)

Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (b. 1045)

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Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester

d. 1204

Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician

Alix, Duchess of Brittany

d. 1221 (b. 1201)

Alix, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)

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Birger Jarl

d. 1266 (b. 1210)

Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (b. 1210)

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Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville

d. 1314

Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville

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Charles VI of France

d. 1422 (b. 1368)

Charles VI of France (d. 1422)

Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado

d. 1500 (b. 1442)

Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)

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Paul Scriptoris

d. 1505 (b. 1460)

Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (b. 1460)

Pietro Aretino

d. 1556 (b. 1492)

Pietro Aretino, Italian author (b. 1492)

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