711. TARIK, a freed man of the Arabian viceroy of Africa, landed at the foot of the rock Calpe called afterwards by his name Gebal-Tarik (Gibraltar), and two days after by a great battle fought on the banks of the Guadalete put an end to the Gothic empire in Spain. 1156. The city of Moscow founded by Duke George I. Its present population is about 400,000. 1262. ALEXANDER NEWSKI, grand duke of Russia, died. He signalized himself by a great victory which he obtained on the banks of the Neva, over the northern powers. 1439. RICHARD DE BEAUCHAMP, the famous earl of Warwick, died at Rouen, in Normandy. He was the most distinguished warrior in the reign of Henry VI. 1483. The duke of Gloucester (afterwards Richard III), arrested the lords Rivers and Gray at Stony Stratford, on their passage with the young king to the capital. 1513. EDMUND DE LA POLE, earl of Suffolk, on account of his near relationship to the house of York, beheaded. 1519. A skirmish at Edinburgh, called "Cleanse the Causeway," between the earls of Arran and Angus. 1524. PIERRE DU TERRAIL, chevalier de Bayard, buried. He was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan. 1542. The new creed, called the _King's Book_, approved by the houses of convocation, and made the standard of English orthodoxy. 1544. THOMAS AUDLEY, an English statesman, died; appointed chancellor in the place of sir Thomas More. 1572. PIUS V (Michael Ghisleri), died. He was an Italian of the Dominican order. It was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated. 1598. The edict of Nantes signed and sealed by Henry IV of France, re-establishing the protestant religion where it had been interrupted, and restoring its churches, houses and revenues. 1614. Captain JOHN SMITH arrived on the coast of New England, it being his first voyage to North Virginia, as the country was then called. He explored the coast in open boats, from Penobscot to Cape Cod, and trafficked with the Indians. It was on his return from this voyage that he presented a map of the country to prince Charles, who declared that it should be called New England. 1632. Battle of Ingolstadt, in Bavaria; the imperial troops of Germany, under count de Tilly, defeated by the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus, and the general mortally wounded in defending the pass of the Lech. 1632. JOHN TZERCLAES, count de Tilly, died; a Dutch officer, who distinguished himself in the wars with the Turks, and with Denmark. 1637. The puritans forbid by royal proclamation to emigrate to New England. 1655. EUSTACHE LE SUEUR died; one of the best French historical painters of his time. 1655. CHRISTOPHER BENNET died; a distinguished London physician, and writer on medical subjects. 1667. The Dutch fleet attacked Burnt island, in Scotland, but were repulsed. 1690. RENE LE PAYS, a French poet, died; well known at court by his miscellanies.