[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec 3

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
1368 Charles VI [the Well-Beloved] king of France (1380-1422)
1483 Nicolaus von Amsdorf German reformation theologist
1576 Marsilio Casentini composer
1596: Violin maker Nicolo Amati


Deaths:
0450 Petrus Chrysologus 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies
1137 Lotharius III of Supplinburg, Roman-German emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
1154 Anastasius IV Pope (1153-54), dies
1463 Louis Chalon prince of Orange, dies
1469 Piero de' Medici ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
1491 Thomas Basin French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies
1533 Vasili III great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54

Other Events:
0741 St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
1564: Ivan IV, "the Terrible," and the Russian Royal family leave Moscow
1586 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia