[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Nov 7

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Birth of Plato.
630 Birth of Constans II, Eastern Roman Emperor.
680 3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens.
739 Death of St. Willibrord.
994 Birth of Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian, jurist, writer of Islamic Spain.
1225 Death of St. Engelbert.
1225 Frederick II marries Isabelle, daughter of John of Brienne, and heiress
thru her mother to the throne of Jerusalem.
1307 William Tell reportedly shoots Hermann Gessler, Austrian Governor of
Tyrol.
1332 Lucerne accedes to the Confederation of Swiss Forest Cantons.
1497 Vasco da Gama lands at St. Helena Bay, South Africa.
1504 Christopher Columbus returns from his 4th voyage to the New World.
1532 Solomon Molcho, Marrano kabbalist, mystic, burned at the stake.
http://www.jewishhistory.org.il/1500.htm
1573 Rabbi Solomon Luria, Talmudist, author of  "Yam shel Shelomoh," dies.
1586 Catharina Rauffains, Ursula Isel and Ursula Stadelmann burned as
witches.
1598 Birth of Francisco de Zurbaran.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15770a.htm