[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Oct 6

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1289 - King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
1459 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
1510 - Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
1552 - Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610)
1573 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the
theater (d. 1624)

Deaths:
1014 - Samuil, Tsar of Bulgaria (b. 958)
1101 - Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
1413 - Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
1536 - William Tyndale, English Bible translator (burned at the stake)
1542 - Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)

Other Events:
105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict a major defeat on the Roman
army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
68 BC - Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by
defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
891 - Formosus becomes Pope.
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is
skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. (This actually isn't a repeat
of yesterday, there are 10 days that were "skipped" by the change of
calendar)
1600 - Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, premieres in
Florence.