[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Oct 23

[Steve Rourke]

Births:

Deaths:
42 BC - Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator (b. 85 BC)
930 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)
1456 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)
1550 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)
1581 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)

Other Events:
42 BC - Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's
army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. He commits suicide.
425 - Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.
502 - The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great,
discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope
Laurentius.
1086 - At the Battle of az-Zallaqah, the army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats
the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI