[Elfsea] Today in History May 27

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1332 Ibn Khaldun Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)
1595 Benedictus Carpzovius [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer

Deaths:
0866 Ordoño I King of Asturia (850-66), dies
0927 Symeon czar of Bulgaria ( -927)
1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita Count of Holland, dies
1178 Godfried van Rhenen bishop of Utrecht, dies
1508 Ludovico Sforza [il Moro] Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
1525 Thomas Münzer German vicar/boer leader, executed
1541 Margaretha duchess of Salisbury, beheaded
1549 Lijsbeth Dirksdr Fries antabaptist, drowns
1564 Jean Caulvin [John Calvin] priest/church reformer, dies at 54
1569 François de Coligny French general (Jarnac), dies
1576 Louis de Boisot Dutch Admiral, drowns at about 44
1580 Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum dies
1596 Tibaldi II Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
1627 Everhardus van Bronchorst lawyer, dies at 73

Other Events:
1281 Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brugge
1328 French king Philip VI Valois crowned
1529 30 Jews of Posing Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake

And in Ansteorran History or soon to be:
2006 Caelin on Andrede was elevated to the Order of the Pelican



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