[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History May 3

[Steve K. Rourke]

Born:
1446 Margaretha English princess/duchess of Bourgondie
1455 Joâo II the perfect, King of Portugal (1481-95)/took in Spanish Jews
1469 Niccolò Machiavelli Italy, politician/writer (The Prince)
1514 Bartholomaeus a Martyribus [Fernandez], primate of Portugal
1535 Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori Italian painter/carpet designer

Deaths:
1010 Ansfried 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69
1294 Jan I duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies
1410 Alexander V [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies
1442 Engelbert I Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies
1481 Mohammed II [Fâtih], sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies
1567 Leonhard Paminger composer, dies at 72

Other Events:
1294 John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg
1342 Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
1382 Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge
1455 Jews flee Spain
1494 Jamaica discovered by Christopher Columbus; he names it "St Iago"
1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen (18th ecumenical council)
in Rome. Its twelve sessions lasting through 1517, the council continued
under Leo X, following Julius' death in 1513.
1515 Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz



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