[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 30

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1207 - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)
1227 - Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
1530 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
1550 - Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)

Deaths:
420 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
653 - Saint Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury
1246 - Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1191)
1440 - Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and
politician
1487 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
1551 - Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (b. 1507)
1560 - Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
1572 - St. Francis Borgia, Jesuit priest (b. 1510)
1581 - Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)

Other Events:
1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.