[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec.22

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
1095: Roger II Grand count of Sicily (1105-30) and king of the Norman
Kingdom of Sicily (1130-54)
1178: ANTOKU TENNO, personal name TOKIHITO 81st emperor of Japan
1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor
1440 Ivan III the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania
1561 Francis Bacon England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)
1571 Robert Bruce Cotton English antiquary, politician
1592 Pierre Gassendi Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher

Deaths:
1057: Death of Ralph the Timid, Earl of Hereford
1336 Louis III last Earl of Loon, dies
1440: Bluebeard, pirate, is executed
1531 Andrea del Sarto Italian artist, dies at 43
1551: Death of Richard Plantagenet, illegitimate son of Richard III
1552 Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason
1581 Joost de Damhoudere Flemish lawyer, dies
1581 Seerp Galama Dutch nobleman/military/politician, dies at 52
1599 Cristofano Malvezzi composer, dies at 51

Other Events:
0871 Battle at Basing Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex
1135: Coronation of King Stephen.
1216: The Dominican Order of Friars confirmed by the Pope
1371 King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned
1510 Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany
1517 Turks conquer Cairo
1528 England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V
1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis & William Byrd music
press monopoly
1584 Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812)
1588 Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia)




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