1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins
1835 - Osceola led his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the U.S. Army.
1836 - Spain recognizes independence of Mexico

Royal Births:
1164 - Emperor Rokujo of Japan (d. 1176)
1522 - Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)

Royal Deaths:
300 - Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria
1367 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)
1446 - Antipope Clement VIII
1503 - Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)
1694 - Queen Mary II of England (b. 1662)
1703 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
1947 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)