[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Feb. 21

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born
1417 Louis IX Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)
1484 Joachim I Nestor elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)
1556 Sethus Calvisius composer

Deaths
0556 Maximianus van Ravenna bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies
1513 Julius II [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Roman Catholic Pope (1503-13), dies
at 69
1554 Hieronymus Bock German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies
1595 Robert Southwell English Jesuit/poet, hanged

Other events
1173 Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury
1431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc
1564 Philip II routes cardinal Granvelle to Franche-Comté
1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders
1583 Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar
1598 Boris Godunov crowned tsar