[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 14

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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.