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==Events==

===500 BCEBC - AD 1899===

*[[479 BCEBC]] - [[Battle of Plataea]] ends the [[Persia]]n invasion of [[Ancient Greece|Greece]], [[Mardonius]] routed by [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]], the [[Sparta]]n commander of the Greek army.

**[[55 BCEBC]] - [[Julius Caesar]] Lands in Britain for the first time.

*AD [[1776]] - [[Battle of Long Island]], in present day [[Brooklyn, New York]] [[Great Britain|British]] forces under General [[William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe|William Howe]] defeat Americans under General [[George Washington]]

*[[1813]] - [[Napoleon]] defeats the [[Austria]]ns, [[Russia]]ns and [[Prussia]]ns at the [[Battle of Dresden]]

*[[1828]] - The Russians defeat the Turks at Akhaltzikke.

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==Births==

===600 BCEBC - AD 1899===

*[[551 BC]] - [[Confucius]], philosopher (d. [[479 BC]])

*AD [[1407]] - [[Ashikaga Yoshikazu]], Ashikaga shogun (d. [[1425]])

*[[1770]] - [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]], philosopher. (d. [[1831]])

*[[1809]] - [[Hannibal Hamlin]], [[Vice President of the United States of America]]. (d. [[1891]])

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==Deaths==

===500 BCEBC - AD 1899===

*[[479 BCEBC]] - [[Confucius]], ethicist.

*[[1577]] - [[Titian]], artist

*[[1590]] - [[Pope Sixtus V]]