[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 3

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
39 - Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65)
1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571)
1558 - Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (d. 1594)
1560 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
1587 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)

Deaths:
361 - Constantius II, Roman Emperor (b. 317)
1254 - John III Ducas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1193)
1428 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader
(mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)
1580 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512)
1600 - Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)

Other Events:
1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the
Caribbean Sea.