[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 1

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
846 - Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879)
1339 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
1351 - Duke Leopold III of Austria (d. 1386)
1530 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)
1539 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
1567 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d.
1626)
1578 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
1585 - Jan Brozek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)

Deaths:
1296 - Guillaume Durand, French writer
1391 - Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
1546 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter
1588 - Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)
1596 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)

Other Events:
241 - Battle of Samhain fought in Ireland.
996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising,
which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old
High German).
1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is
exhibited to the public for the first time.
1520 - The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland
South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first
navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.
1592 - At the Battle of Busan, the outnumbered Korean navy defeats a larger
Japanese army.