[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 21

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1328 - Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
1411 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne
(d. 1460)
1415 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)
1428 - Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
1452 - Girolamo Savonarola, Dominican priest and ruler of Florence (d. 1498)

Deaths:
19 BC - Virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)
454 - Aëtius, Roman general (bc. 396)
1217 - Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian soldier
1327 - King Edward II of England (b. 1284)
1397 - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader
(executed) (b. 1346)
1542 - Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet
1558 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500)
1576 - Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (b. 1501)
1586 - Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (b. 1517)

Other Events:
454 - Roman Emperor Valentinian III assassinates Aëtius in his own throne
room.