[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 7

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
994 - Ibn Hazm, Arab philosopher (d. 1069)
1598 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)

Deaths:
1225 - Engelbert II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne
1451 - Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (b. 1383)
1581 - Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
1599 - Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)

Other Events:
1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of
impact, struck the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of
Ensisheim, Alsace.