[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 7

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born

1598: Georg Stiernhielm, the "Father of Swedish poetry"


Other events

0461: Execution of Majorian, Roman Emperor



0768: Stephen III was named pope. He served until 772.



1106: Death of Henry IV, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor



1316: John XXII, born Jacques d'Euse, was elected pope. He served until
1334. He put the papal finances on a sound basis and strengthed the
hierarchy.



1391: A mob frees the arrested ringleaders of Barcelona's ghetto fire



1495: Diet of Worms abolishes private warfare in Holy Roman Empire



1547: St. Cajetan of Thiene died. He was the co-founder of the Oratory of
Divine Love.



1566: UFO's are sighted over Basel, in Switzerland? I don't know about this
one, but that's what sources say.