[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 23

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
1402 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)
1417 - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
1553 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)

Deaths:
947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
955 - Edred, King of England (b. c. 923)
1407 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France
(murdered) (b. 1372)
1457 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
1499 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. 1474)
1503 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)
1572 - Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (b. 1503)
1585 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. 1505)

Other Events:
1499 - Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly
attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in
1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.