[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 21

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1495 - John Bale, English churchman (d. 1563)
1567 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)

Deaths:
496 - Pope Gelasius I
1361 - Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
1555 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (b. 1490)
1566 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507
1579 - Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier

Other Events:
164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family,
restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the
festival of Hanukkah.
235 - Anterus is elected Pope.
1272 - Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince
Edward becomes King of England.