[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec. 21

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
1117 Thomas Becket archbishop of Canterbury
1518 Mark van Vaernewijck Flemish nobleman/politician
1537 Johan III king of Sweden (1569-92)
1573 Mathurin Régnier French poet (Macette)


Deaths:
0918 Conrad I Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies
1200: Death of Gilbert Erail, 12th Master of the Templars
1308 Henry I the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies
1375 Giovanni Boccaccio Italian poet (Vita di Dante, Decameron), dies
1429 Jacquemart de Bléharies Tournay "heretic", burned to death
1549: Death of Margaret of Navarre
1579 Juan de Juanes [Vicente Juan Maçip] Spanish ecclesiastical painter,
dies at 56
1597 Petrus Canisius Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76


Other Events:
1124: Pope Honorius I confirmed in office
1163 Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
1237: Mongols take the city of Riazan, Russia
1491: A Truce of 5 years began between England and Scotland
1494: A new sickness breaks out in Naples: Syphillis
1561 Archbishop Granvelle installed
1582 Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583



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