[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec. 14

Steve Rourke steverourke at charter.net
Fri Dec 13 23:37:13 PST 2002


Born:
1451 Franchinus Gaffurius composer
1467 Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode German Governor/Viceroy of Frisia
1503: French astrologer and prophet Nostradamus
1542: Humanist, translator, historian, and poet Jan van Hout
1546: Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. His work in developing astronomical
instruments and in measuring and fixing the positions of stars paved the way
for future discoveries.
1553: Henry IV of France (of Navarre)
1566 Angelo Notari composer
1592 Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan leader of India

Deaths:
0872: Death of Pope Adrian II
0973 Ekkehard I monk of St Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies
1163 Ladislaus I Arpad king of Hungary (1162-63), dies
1236 Sava [Rastko] son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at 64
1237 St Sava son of Serbia's king, dies
1247: Death of Robin Hood
1301 Andreas III Arpad king of Hungary (1290-1301), dies at 50
1542: Death of James V, King of Scotland; 6-day-old Mary, Queen of Scots
succedes to the Scottish throne.
1591: Death of Juan de Yepes, called "St. John of the Cross"
1595 Ferdinand archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies


Other Events:
0867: Election of Adrian II as Pope
0872: Election of Pope John III
1154: Election of Pope Hadrian IV
1236 English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence
1515: France makes peace with Pope Leo X
1526 Charles V & Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid; Francis I forced to give
up claims in Burgundy, Italy & Flanders
1575: Stephen Bathory elected King of Poland



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