[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Jan 28

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Births

1457 Henry VII Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)
1578 Cornelis Haga Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)
1582 John Barclay Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon, Argenis)
1600 Clement IX [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)


Deaths

0814 Charlemagne German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
1119 Gelasius II [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies
1256 Willem II Earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
1393 Earl of Joigny burned at royal ball
1528 Philips of Cleve ruler of Ravenstein, dies
1547 Henry VIII King of England (1509-47), dies at 55
1549 Elia Levita German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80
1560 John a Lasco [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies
1595 Sir Francis Drake English navigator/pirate (Porto Bello West Indies),
dies at about 50
1606 Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85

Other Events

1077 Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV
1099 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria
1262 Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm
1393 Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
1495 Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France
1547 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England
1561 By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended
1581 Scotland's King James VI, who in 1603 would become England's James I,
signed the Second Scottish Confession of Faith.