[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History January 9

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births

1554 Gregory XV [Alessandro Ludovisi], Roman Catholic pope (1621-23)
1574 Christoph Buel composer

Deaths

1324 Marco Polo Italian explorer, dies
1499 Johan Cicero elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43
1514 Anna de Bretagne wife of Maximilian, dies at 36


Other Events

1296 Earl Floris V signs accord with French king
1317 Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France
1349 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses
1428 Pope Martinus V declares Jacoba van Beierens marriage invalid
1464 1st meeting of States-General of Netherlands
1493 1st sight of manatees (by Christopher Columbus)
1522 Adriaan F Boeyens of Utrecht elected only Dutch/last non-Italian pope
(Adrian VI)
1558 Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland
1569 St. Philip of Moscow, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, was
murdered by Czar Ivan IV ("Ivan the Terrible").
1570 Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod



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