[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Jan 14

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Births

1451 Franchinus Gaffurius composer
1467 Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode German Governor/Viceroy of Frisia
1566 Angelo Notari composer
1592 Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan leader of India

Deaths

0973 Ekkehard I monk of St Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies
1163 Ladislaus I Arpad king of Hungary (1162-63), dies
1236 Sava [Rastko] son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at 64
1237 St Sava son of Serbia's king, dies
1301 Andreas III Arpad king of Hungary (1290-1301), dies at 50
1595 Ferdinand archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies

Other Events

1236 English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence
1526 Charles V & Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid; Francis I forced to give
up claims in Burgundy, Italy & Flanders
1529 Spanish reformer Juan de Valdes, 29, published his "Dialogue on
Christian Doctrine," which paved the way in Spain for Protestant ideas. But
his treatise was condemned by the Spanish Inquisition, and Valdes was forced
to flee Spain, never to return
1601 Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome