[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History May 16

[Steve K. Rourke]

Born:
1558 Andreas of Austria Bohemia cardinal/Governor of Netherlands (1598-1600)

Deaths:
0942 Saadiah Gaon head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
1434 Pieter Appelmans Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60

Other Events:
0955 Alberich II, illegitimate son of Octavianus elected pope
1165 Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine
1527 Florence becomes a republic
1532 Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor
1540 German reformer Martin Luther remarked: 'In the worst temptations
nothing can help us but faith that God's Son has put on flesh, is bone, sits
at the right hand of the Father, and prays for us. There is no mightier
comfort.'
1547 Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg
1568 Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England
1571 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
1584 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal





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