[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Oct 22

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1071 - William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (d. 1126)
1197 - Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
1511 - Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1553)
1592 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657)

Deaths:
741 - Charles Martel, leader of the Franks (b. 686)
1383 - King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345)
1565 - Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b.
1479)

Other Events:
4004 BCE - The day the universe was created according to British scientist
James Ussher after using the Bible's chronology to calculate the date.
362 - The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a
mysterious fire.
1383 - The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: A period of civil war and disorder
began when King Fernando died without a male heir to the Portuguese throne.
1575 - Foundation of Aguascalientes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguascalientes_%28Aguascalientes%29