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Heads of State

Year of the Earth- sheep己未( at the beginning of earth - horse戊午)

Syria: 1690/91 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

May 7: The Battle of the Pola decide the Genoese after initial successes of the Venetians themselves. Both maritime republics fighting during the War of Chioggia for supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean.
MAY 29: Johann I becomes King of Castile and León.
September 25: Division of the Austrian hereditary lands under Albrecht III. and Leopold III. the righteous by the Treaty of Neuberg.
October 17: In Wiesbaden, the nobility lions Confederation is founded. The adherents of the antipope Clement VII undertake to grant each other assistance and protection against attacks by outsiders.

In Frankfurt, a Reichstag takes place.

City rights and notices Ersturkundliche

The Alsatian Ten Cities and Towns is re-established.
Nordhorn and Spremberg received city rights.
Eschenbach and Rauenberg are first mentioned.

Economy

North German Hanseatic cities justify the Wendischer coinage.

Science and Technology

William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester founded the College of St Mary, University of Oxford.

Society

September 2 members of the urban upper class in Lübeck establish the Society of the Holy Trinity to Lübeck.
October 17: 17 counts, knights and servants found in Wiesbaden an aristocratic society, the lion collar.

Historic maps and views

Born

4 October:. Henri III, King of Castile and León ( † 1406)

Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, English nobleman († 1440)
Jamyang Chojey, Tibetan monk († 1449 )
Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Anjou († 1442 )
Zawisza Czarny, Polish Knights († 1428 )

Died

Andrea di Bonajuto, Florentine painter
John of Bridlington, English saint (c. 1320)

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