[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Oct 15

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
70 BC - Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
1471 - Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)
1542 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (died 1605)

Deaths:
412 - Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria
898 - Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor
1002 - Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
1326 - Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (b. 1261)
1389 - Pope Urban VI
1564 - Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (b. 1514)

Other Events:
533 - Byzantine general Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage,
having conquered it from the Vandals.
1552 - Khanate of Kazan is conquered by troops of Ivan Grozny.
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