538 Witiges, King of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome, retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of victorious Byzantine General Belisarius 1455 First record of Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the bible printed a year before 1642 Abel Tasman is the 1st European to sight New Zealand, viewing the north-west coast of the South Island 1930 Mahatma Gandhi begins his famous 200 mile (300km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax 1994 The Church of England ordains its first ever 33 female priests | 
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