1016:

Canute I victorious at Ashingdon

After engaging Edmund Ironside in several battles, Canute scored this significant victory, and Edmund agreed to divide England between himself and Canute. At the end of November, however, Edmund died, and Canute became king of all England.

1404:

Pope Pius II

Humanist, politician, and scholar, Pius wrote voluminously, creating a significant source of information about his times.

629:

Chlotar II

Merovingian king Chlotar II ruled the Franks from 613 until his death.

707:

Pope John VII

John restored Roman churches, and was noted for his devotion to the Virgin Mary.

1216:

King John I of England

1417:

Gregory XII

Gregory was the last of the popes of the Western Schism.