[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec 5

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
1443: Pope Julius II, patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
1545 Janus Dousa [Johan van de Does] Dutch politician/poet
1547 Ubbo Emmius [van Embden] Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian

Deaths:
0304: Death of St. Crispina
0532: Death of St. Sabas
1212 Derek II of Are Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies
1244 Johanna of Constantinople countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies
1355 Jan III duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies
1560 François II King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
1594 Gerardus Mercator Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82

Other Events:
1301 Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
1349 500 Jews are massacred at Nüremberg in Black death riots
1448 Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
1456 Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
1484: The Pope sets severe penalties against German witches and magicians
1492 Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti)
1496 Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
1578: Francis Drake raids Valparaisio, South America
1590 Niccolò Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV