[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History May 23

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1598 Claude Mellan French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized

Deaths:
1125 Hendrik V Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies
1153 David I king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68
1423 Benedict XIII [Pedro the Luna] Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies
1498 Girolamo Savonarola dictator of Florence (1494-98), tortured & executed
in Florence at 45
1568 Adolf van Nassau German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27
1627 Luis de Góngora y Argote poet/writer, dies

Other Events:
1059 Henri I crowns his son compassionate King Philip I of France
1275 King Edward I of England orders cessation of persecution of French Jews
1420 Jews of Syria & Austria expelled
1421 Jews of Austria imprisoned & expelled
1430 Joan of Arc captured by Burgundians at Compiegne, who sell her to the
British
1493 King Charles VIII & Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis
1533 King Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon marriage declared null & void
1536 Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition
1544 German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark
1555 Giampietro Caraffa elected Pope Paul IV
1568 Battle at Heiligerlee: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, 100s killed
1576 Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory



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