Priyanka Chopra: Shocked at the status of the girl child in India

King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.[1]

Peace of Ferrara between Republic of Venice, Duchy of Milan, Republic of Florence and House of Gonzaga: ending of the second campaign of the Wars in Lombardy fought until the Treaty of Lodi in 1454, which will then guarantee the conditions for the development of the Italian Renaissance.<span class="...

The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.

Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.

Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.

Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.