[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec. 17

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
1342 Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy
1463 Frederick III the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther
1501 Leonhard Fuchs Germany, botanist (History of Plants)
1504 Pius V [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)
1517 Antonio Scandello Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)
1545 Antonio Pace composer
1574 Robert Fludd composer
1600 Pedro Caldéron de la Barca Spanish poet/dramatist

Deaths:
0395 Theodosius I the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49
0693: Death of St. Begga
0779: Death of St. Sturm
0942: Assassination of William "Longsword," Duke of Normandy
1103 Frutolf German monk/musicologist/historian, dies
1119 Boudouin VII Hapkin count of Flanders, dies
1187: Death of Pope Gregory VIII
1229 Albert bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68
1273: Death of Rumi
1562: Death of Adrian Willaert, composer


Other Events:
0546: Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, takes Rome
1187: Election of Pope Clement III
1223: Crusaders gathered to free Burriana, Spain, from the Moors.
1399: Tamerlane's Mongols destroy army of Mahmud Tughluk, Sultan of Delhi,
at Panipat.
1501 Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna
1526: Ferdinand (Hapsburg) of Austria elected King of Bohemia; birth of
Austria-Hungary
1531: The Inquisition is established in Portugal
1536 François Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III
1538: Pope Paul III excommunicates England's King Henry VIII (2nd time)
1559: Consecration of Archbishop Parker
1562 Edict of St Germain recognizes the Huguenots in France
1584 Bohemia adopts the Gregorian calendar
1595 French king Henri IV declares war on Spain
1601 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain



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