[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 8

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
35 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)
1491 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)

Deaths:
911 - Louis the Child, last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks (b. 893)
955 - Pope Agapetus II
1171 - Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)
1226 - King Louis VIII of France (b. 1187)
1246 - Berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. 1180)
1308 - Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher
1517 - Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish statesman (b. 1436)
1527 - Jerome Emser, German theologian (b. 1477)
1599 - Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528)
1600 - Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. 1562)

Other Events:
1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes
him with great pomp as would befit a returning god.
1520 - Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish
forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
1576 - Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent - The States-General of the
Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.