[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Feb. 8

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born
412 St Proclus patriarch of Constantinople
1291 Afonso IV King of Portugal (1325-57)
1552 Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné French/Swiss historian/poet (Tragiques)
1577 Robert Burton writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
1586 Jacob Praetorius composer

Deaths
1124 Stefanus of Thiers/Muret founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
1245 Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle French theologist, dies
1303 Nanshu Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
1513 Alonso de Ojeda Spanish explorer (Curaçao & Bonaire), dies
1587 Mary Stuart Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44
1611 Jan H Van Linschoten traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies

Other events
0421 Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman
empire
1526 Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
1575 University of Leiden Netherlands opens
1600 Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
1601 Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London