[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Jan 31

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Births

1517 Gioseffo Zarlino composer
1573 Ambrosius Metzger composer
1573 Giulio Cesare Monteverdi composer


Deaths

1561 Menno Simonsz Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies
1580 Hendrik Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies


Other Events

0314 St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0876 Charles becomes king of Italy
1504 By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
1531 Kings Ferdinand of Austria/János Zápolyai of Hungary accept each other
1560 Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois
1578 Battle of Gembloers
1596 Catholic League disjoins