[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Oct 13

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
a.. 709 - Emperor Konin Japan (d. 781) 
a.. 1162 - Leonora of England, wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214) 
a.. 1381 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1415) 
a.. 1453 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (d. 1471) 
a.. 1474 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (d. 1515) 
a.. 1566 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643) 

Deaths:
a.. 54 - Claudius, Roman Emperor (b. 10 BC) 
a.. 1282 - Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222) 
a.. 1415 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381) 
a.. 1508 - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446) 

Other Events:
a.. 1282 - Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism, dies. His ashes are interred at Taisekiji Temple. 
a.. 1307 - Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy. 
a.. 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.