Bharat Ratna likely for Atal Bihari Vajpayee this year, say sources

Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).

Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.

The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.

The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II

The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.

Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.