[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept. 1

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1453 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
1566 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)
1588 - Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)

Deaths:
921 - Richard, Duke of Burgundy
1067 - Baldwin V of Flanders
1159 - Pope Adrian IV
1256 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)
1414 - William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369)
1557 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (b. 1491)
1574 - Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)
1581 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534)
1600 - Tadeás Hájek, Czech physician (b. 1525)

Other Events:
5509 BC - The world was created, according to the Byzantine Empire.
462 - possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle
1532 - Lady Anne Boleyn is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancée,
King Henry VIII of England



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