[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History May 30

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born:
1220 Alexander Nevski [Aleksandr] Russian great ruler (1252-63)
1524 Selîm II Sari the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)
1578 Valentin Dretzel composer

Deaths:
339 Death of Eusebius, 74, Father of early church history. He attended the
Council of Nicea in A.D. 325, and his "Historia Ecclesiastica" contains an
abundance of detail on the first three centuries of the Early Church found
nowhere else in ancient literature.
0727 Hubertus bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72
1035 Boudouin IV count of Flanders (988-1035), dies
1252 Ferdinand III the holy King of Castilië/León, dies
1416 Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by the Church
1431 French heroine Joan of Arc, 19, a prisoner of the English, was burned
at the stake for heresy. (She was later canonized in 1920 by Benedict XV.)
1434 Prokopius Bohemian leader of taboriets, dies in battle
1574 Charles IX King of France (1560-74), dies
1593 Christopher Marlowe British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered

Other Events:
1035 Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders
1087 German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad
1100 Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht
1381 English boer uprising begins in Essex
1434 Battle at Lipany
1498 Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
1522 French troops driven out of Genoa
1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded
1536 English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour
1539 Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida
1574 Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France
1574 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
1584 Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar/Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland
1588 Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England





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