[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 14
steverourke@charter.net
steverourke at charter.net
Wed Sep 13 20:39:20 PDT 2006
Births:
1388 - Claudius Claussön Swart, Danish geographer
1486 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d. 1535)
1543 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)
1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
Deaths:
258 - Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage
585 - Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)
775 - Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718)
786 - Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph
891 - Pope Stephen V
1146 - Zengi, ruler of Syria (b. 1087)
1164 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
1214 - Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1149)
1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian author (b. 1265)
1404 - Duke Albert IV of Austria (b. 1377)
1435 - John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b. 1389)
1523 - Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
1538 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (b. 1483)
Other Events:
786 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
More information about the Loch-Ruadh
mailing list