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Byzantine Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy which ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection shortly after.
Year 1539
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his army enter the Apalachee capital of Anhaica (present-day Tallahassee, Florida) by force.
Year 1582
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Year 1600
Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque period
Year 1683
German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.
Year 1762
Seven Years' War: Conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
Year 1777
American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
Year 1789
French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on October 5.
Year 1849
The execution of The 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
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