[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Dec. 30

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Births
0039 Titus 10th Roman emperor (79-81), conqueror of Jerusalem
1566 Alessandro Piccinini composer
1569 Georg Quitschreiber composer

Deaths
0273 Felix I Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274)
1525 Jacob Fugger German banker/merchant, dies at 66
1572 Galeazzo Alessi Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60
1591 Innocent IX [Giovanni Facchinetti] Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72


Other Events
0274 St Felix I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0987 French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king
1317 Pontifical degree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists