[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History April 17

Tue Apr 16 20:42:18 PDT 2002

Born:
1586 John Ford English dramatist ('Tis Pity She's a Whore)

Deaths:
485 Proclus Greek mathematician, dies in Athens


Other Events:
858 Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find the Indies
1521 Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church
1524 NY Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano