[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec. 10

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
1538 Giovanni Battista Guarini Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)

Deaths:
0304: Death of St. Eulalia
0969 Nicephorus II Phocas Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered
1041 Michael IV Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies
1198 Averroës ibn-Rusjd Moorish philosopher, dies
1490 Antoine Haneron Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90
1475: Paolo Uccello, Florentine painter, dies
1524 Henry van Zutphen Dutch Augustine/Lutheran minister, burned to death
1561: German theologian Caspar Schwenkfeld, a reformer who fell out of favor
with the "mainstream" Reformation movement, dies.
1572 Cornelis Musius Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72
1595 Reynier Cant mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59
1603 William Gilbert Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59

Other Events:
0741 Zacharias becomes Pope
1294 Pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th)
1348: Third Vicar appointed to Shaftsbury, England, to replace those who
died of plague
1508 League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)
1513: Machiavelli completes "The Prince"
1520 Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant
1582 France begins use of Gregorian calendar



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