[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Oct 12

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
a.. 1008 - Emperor Go-Ichijo of Japan (d. 1036) 
a.. 1350 - Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) 
a.. 1490 - Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (d. 1548) 
a.. 1537 - King Edward VI of England (d. 1553) 
a.. 1558 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) 
a.. 1576 - Thomas Dudley, Massachusetts colonial magistrate (d. 1653)

Deaths:
a.. 632 - Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda 
a.. 638 - Pope Honorius I 
a.. 642 - Pope John IV 
a.. 1095 - Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) 
a.. 1176 - William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician 
a.. 1320 - Michael IX Palaeologus, co-ruling Eastern Roman Emperor 
a.. 1491 - Fritz Herlen, German artist 
a.. 1492 - Piero della Francesca, Italian painter 
a.. 1565 - Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520) 
a.. 1576 - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527) 
a.. 1590 - Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543) 

Other Events:
a.. 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. 
a.. 1216 - King John lost his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge 
a.. 1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia 
a.. 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.