[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec. 4

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
1383: Pope Felix V
1443 Pope Julius II (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
1584 John Cotton Puritan clergyman in Massachusetts Bay colony

Deaths:
0771 Karloman II French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20
0811 Charles eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39
1075: Martyrdom of St. Anno
1099: Death of St. Osmund
1214: Death of William, "the Lion," King of Scotland
1137 Lotharius III of Supplinburg emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67
1182 Henry Earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies
1334 John XXII [Jacques Duèze] Pope (316-34), dies
1371 Reinald III the Fat Duke, Duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38
1371 Stefanus X Uros V King of Serbia (1355-71), dies
1514 Richard Hunne English "heretic", commits suicide(?)
1576 Rheticus mathematician, dies
1603 Maarten de Vos Flemish painter, dies at about 71

Other Events:
0771 Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France
1093: Archbishop Anselm, of Canterbury, consecrated
1110 Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
1154: Nicolas Breakspear, the first and only Englishman to be elected Pope,
was crowned as Adrian IV.
1183: The Siege of Castle Kerak is lifted; Saladin withdraws
1197 Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
1259 Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III & French king Louis IX
1489 Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from the Moors
1534 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
1563 Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years



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