[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History May 9

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born:
1265 Dante Alighieri Italian poet (Divina Commedia)
1596 Abraham van Diepenbeeck painter

Deaths:
1079 Stanislaus Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered
1280 Magnus VI Lagaboeter King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
1443 Niccoló d'Albergati Italian cardinal, dies
1460 Jean Lavite Atrechts painter, dies
1474 Peter van Hagenbach Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded
1590 Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66

Other Events:
1092 Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
1336 Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England
1460 Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
1502 Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World
1519 Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government
1573 Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king
1588 Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France