Today in History on This Day in History
Historical Events756 - Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain
884 - Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1004 - Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy
1213 - English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury
1248 - Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral
1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
1492 - Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse
1514 - Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo's Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
1525 - German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war
1525 - The battle of Frankenhausen ends the Peasants' War.
1536 - Anna Boleyn & George Boleyn Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest
1572 - Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes
1602 - Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
1610 - Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king
1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law
Famous Birthdays
Born Today
American Football Player Emmitt Smith (1969)
1565 - Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam
1567 - Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1608 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)
1720 - Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
1749 - Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
1754 - Pierre Dutillieu, composer
1759 - Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer
1764 - Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer
1773 - Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince
1786 - General Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864)
1791 - Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
1795 - Adolf B Marx, German music theorist
1802 - Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1807 - Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer
1808 - Gottfried Herrmann, composer
Famous Weddings
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
1948 - Dancer and actress Cyd Charisse (26) weds singer Tony Martin (34)
1993 - Actress Jane Seymour weds actor James Kesch
1996 - Auto racing champ-turned-TV commentator Danny Sullivan (46) weds former Manhattan financial planner Brenda Bosveld (33) in Monte Carlo, Monaco
2009 - Former Bachelorette star Jen Schefft (32) weds Chicago's public relations executive Joe Waterman (35) at the Private Dining Rooms of Spiaggia in Chicago, Illinois
2010 - Actress and model Danneel Harris (33) weds actor Jensen Ackles (34) at the Rosewood Crescent Court Hotel in Dallas, Texas
2011 - Actress Tamera Mowry (32) weds Fox News Correspondent Adam Housley (39) at Villagio Inn & Spa in Napa, California
Famous Deaths
Passed Away Today
Poet Emily Dickinson (1886)
392 - Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21
884 - Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies
913 - Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz
1036 - Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)
1157 - Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
1174 - Nur ad-Din, King of Syria (1146-1174), dies at 56
1381 - Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1482 - Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies
1585 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)
1591 - Dmitry Ivanovitch, youngest son of Russian Tsar Ivan IV, murdered at 8
1609 - Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
1621 - Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56
1622 - Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69
1634 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
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