[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History nov 5

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1271 - Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)
1549 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)
1592 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)

Deaths:
1515 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1474)
1559 - Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (b. 1476)

Other Events:
1530 - St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands
1556 - Second Battle of Panipat: Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mogul Army
defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India.