[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History March 21

STEVE K ROURKE SROURKE at prodigy.net
Wed Mar 20 22:35:00 PST 2002


Born:
1466 French van Brederode leader Hoeksen (political faction)
1474 Angela Merici Italian monastery founder/saint
1521 Mauritius duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)
1527 Hermann Finck composer


Deaths:
1487 Nicholas van Fluë Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies
1538 Hugo earl of Leisnig, Governor of Frisia, dies at about 79
1556 Thomas Cranmer archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66


Other Events:
1349 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
1421 Battle of Beauge-French beat British
1492 Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus






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