[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Jan 2

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Births
1403 Birth of John Bessarion, Trebizond, Byzantine humanist, theologian,
cardinal.


Deaths

0017 Publius Ovidius Naso Roman poet, dies
1119 Death of Pope Gelasius II.
1169 Death of Bertrand de Blanquefort, 6th Master of the Templars.
1322 Death of King Phillip V, "The Tall" of France
1497 Death of Beatrice del Este.
1557 Death of Jacopo Carrucci, painter.
1559 Death of the Bishop of Chitchester

Other events

0069 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
0533 John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1235 Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names
1492 Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)
1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins
1585 Spain & Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
1602 Spanish forces in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale