[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History April 4

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born:
188 Caracalla Roman emperor (211-17)


Deaths:
1284 Alfonso X Spanish king (Castile & Leon), dies at 62
1588 Frederick II king of Denmark, dies
1604 Thomas Churchyard poet/pamphleteer, dies

Other Events:
896 Formosus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
896 Pope Formous ends reign
1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of the Jesuits
1581 Frances Drake completres circumnavigation of the world