[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History January 12

[Julie Self]

This was REALLY old for that time!

1049 Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair Persian mystic, dies at 81

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>Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Today in History January 12
>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:09:26 -0600
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>Births
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>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
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>Deaths
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>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
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>Other Events
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>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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