[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History July 30

Sat Jul 29 23:49:02 PDT 2006

Births:
1470 - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (d. 1505)
1511 - Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (d. 1574)
1549 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)

Deaths:
578 - Jacob Baradaeus, Bishop of Edessa
579 - Pope Benedict I
1540 - Thomas Abel, English priest (martyred)
1540 - Robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495)
1550 - Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b.
1505)

Other Events:
1419 - First Defenestration of Prague.

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