Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
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The Soviet Union's Soyuz 17 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz rocket.
John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
King Charles I and the Queen fled from London to Oxford, Hampton Court.
Pope Fabian succeeded Anterus and became the twentieth pope of Rome.
China lifted martial law.