[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History April 6

STEVE K ROURKE SROURKE at prodigy.net
Fri Apr 5 22:17:28 PST 2002


Born:
1483 Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio], Neth, painter (Sistine Madonna)

Deaths:
1199 Richard I the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41
1348 Petrarch's Laura dies of plague
1520 Raphael artist dies on his 37th birthday
1528 Albrecht Drer artist, dies in Nrnberg Germany


Other Events:
610 Lailat-ul Qadar, the night the koran descended to Earth
648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks
1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura





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