[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History January 12

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births

1483 Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz Governor/Viceroy of Holland
1492 Andrea Alicati Italian author
1562 Charles Emanuel I the great, Duke of Savoy
1576 Peter Scriverius Dutch lawyer/historian
1580 Jean Baptiste van Helmont Belgian chemist, (found boiling point
temperature)
1588 John Winthrop 1st Governor (Massachusetts Bay Colony)
1588 Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto] Spanish painter
1599 Adrian van Utrecht Flemish painter

Deaths

0689 Benedict Biscop English saint, dies
1049 Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair Persian mystic, dies at 81
1167 Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx English abbot/saint, dies at about 56
1390 Peter van Herenthals Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1517 Vasco Núñez de Balboa Spanish conquistador/admiral, beheaded at 41
1519 Maximilian I of Hapsburg German kaiser, dies
1537 Lorenzo di Credi Italian painter, dies

Other Events

1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso




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