[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 12

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1493 - Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
1528 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)

Deaths:
607 - Pope Boniface III
1035 - Canute the Great
1094 - King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
1434 - King Louis III of Naples
1555 - Stephen Gardiner, English stateman
1595 - John Hawkins, English shipbuilder and trader (b. 1532)

Other Events:
764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang
Dynasty, for fifteen days.
1028 - Future Byzantine empress Zoe marries Romanus Argyrus according to the
wishes of the dying Constantine VIII
1439 - Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English
Parliament.