[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History May 17

[Steve K. Rourke]

Born:
1444 Sandro Botticelli Italian painter (Birth of Venus)
1451 Engelbert II earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg
1490 Albrecht von Hohenzollern 1st duke of Prussia
1551 Martinus A del Rio Spanish/South Netherlands
lawyer/historian/theologist
1568 Christoph Thomas Walliser composer
1576 Ferdinand van Apshoven the Older, Flemish painter, baptized

Deaths:
1050 Guido van Arezzo Italian music theorist, dies
1510 Sandro Botticelli [Alessandro di Mariano del Filpepi] painter (Birth of
Venus), dies at about 65
1575 Matthew Parker archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68
1591 Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51

Other Events:
0218 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet During this time the
dispute between Arius and Athanasius was at its height, and after
vacillating earlier, Liberius vindicated himself as a champion of Nicene
orthodoxy.
0352 Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I
0884 St Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1291 Scottish medieval Franciscan philosopher John Duns Scotus, 25, was
ordained. He believed in "divine will" rather than "divine intellect," and
founded a scholastic system called Scotism. In the Catholic Church he is
known as "the Subtle Doctor."
1525 Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels
1527 Pánfilo de Narvaéz departs to explore Florida
1536 Anne Boleyn's 4 "lovers" executed
1544 Scottish Earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII
1579 Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma
recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian



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