[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Oct. 4

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1160 - Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France
1289 - King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
1379 - King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
1515 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
1542 - Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)
1550 - King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
1562 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (d. 1647)
1570 - Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)

Deaths:
1052 - Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)
1221 - William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)
1250 - Herman VI, Margrave of Baden
1305 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
1582 - Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (b. 1515)
1597 - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550)

Other Events:
610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows
Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
1209 - Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent
III.
1537 - The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is
printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy,
Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by
October 15.