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Historical Events
Events 1 - 15 of 210
1294 - John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg
1342 - Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
1382 - Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge
1455 - Jews flee Spain
1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
1494 - Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St Iago"
1512 - 5th Lateran Council (18th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1512 - Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen
1515 - Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz
1616 - Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war
1621 - Francis Bacon accused of bribery
1624 - Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama
1629 - French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain
1640 - English Upper house accept Act of Attainder
1654 - Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals
Famous Birthdays
Born Today
Humanist philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli (1469)Birthdays 1 - 15 of 219
612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)
1415 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)
1428 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
1446 - Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie
1446 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
1469 - Niccolo Machiavelli, Florence, Italy, politician/writer (Prince), d. 1527)
1514 - Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal
1535 - Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer
1647 - John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant)
1649 - Johann Valentin Meder, composer
1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)
1692 - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)
1695 - Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)
1708 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
1713 - Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 15 of 117
1010 - Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69
1152 - Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
1160 - Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)
1270 - King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
1294 - Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies
1410 - Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies
1442 - Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies
1481 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
1567 - Leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72
1598 - Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
1606 - Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555)
1614 - Sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66
1622 - Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
1654 - Francois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77
1679 - James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
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