[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec. 8

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
0065 BC: Horace, Roman poet
1508 Gemma Frisius [Jemme Reinersz] Frisian geographer/astronomer
1545: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

Deaths:
0644 Omar I 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered
0899 Arnulf of Carinthia last emperor of Austria-France, dies
1292 John Peckham English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62
1587 Mary Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed
1596 Luis de Carabajal 1st Jewish author in America, executed in México

Other Events:
0877: Coronation of Louis II, "the Stammerer," as King of France
1326 Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi



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