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1755 – Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.[2]
Commodore Sir William James, 1st Baronet (5 September 1721 – 16 December 1783) was a Welsh naval officer and politician who sat in the British House of Commons representing West Looe from 1774 to 1783. James is best known for his career in India, where he served as an officer in the Bombay Marine, the navy of the East India Company (EIC), and led several successful campaigns against forces commanded by the Angre family.
1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.[3]
Friuli (Friulian: Friûl, Slovene: Furlanija, German: Friaul) is an area of Northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity containing 1,000,000 Friulians. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giulia, i.e. the administrative provinces of Udine, Pordenone, and Gorizia, excluding Trieste.
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1473 – John Corvinus, Hungarian noble (d. 1504)
John Corvinus (Hungarian: Corvin János, Croatian: Ivaniš Korvin, Romanian: Ioan Corvin; 2 April 1473 – 12 October 1504) was the illegitimate son of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, and his mistress, Barbara Edelpöck.
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1395 – George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist (d. 1486) [20]
George of Trebizond (Greek: Γεώργιος Τραπεζούντιος; 1395–1486) was a Byzantine Greek philosopher, scholar, and humanist.
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