[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Dec. 7

[STEVE K ROURKE]

983 Death of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1254 Death of Pope Innocent IV.
1515 Meeting and alliance between Pope Leo X and Francois I in Bologna.
1539 Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, in addition to his current wife, Princess
Catherine of Savoy, receives a dispensation from Martin Luther to take
Marguerite de Staal as his second wife.
1545 Founding of Tocuyo, Venezuela.
1550 Coronation of Barbara as Queen of Poland.
1598 Birth of Giovanni Bernini. Italian sculptor