[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History April 23

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born:
1484 Julius C'sar Scaliger Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)
1547 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Spanish writer (Don Quioxite)
1564 William Shakespeare bard (Hamlet, MacBeth, Julius C'sar) (approx)

Deaths:
1616 Miguel de Cervantes Spanish novelist (Don Quixote), dies (NS)
1616 William Shakesphere English author, dies, on his 52nd birthday

Other Events:
33 Christian tradition says the Jesus Christ, crucified three days earlier,
was raised from the dead -- marking this date as the very first Easter.
1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of the Garter)
1586 Birth of Martin Rinkart, German clergyman and Latin scholar. Rinkart, a
prolific writer, penned the German hymn which begins: "Nun danket alle
Gott..." ("Now Thank We All Our God").