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68-Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging

721-Odo of Aquitaine defeats a Umayyad Muslim army at the Battle of Toulouse, halting Arab expansion in Western Europe

1549-Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England

1815-Congress of Vienna ends after reshaping the political map of Europe

1856-500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts

2019-Over 1 million people protest in Hong Kong against proposed new laws for extradition to China in one of the largest-ever protests in the city