On this day in history, September 30th… Events: • 489 – Battle of Verona: The Ostrogoths under king Theodoric the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time at Verona (Northern Italy). • 737 – Battle of the Baggage: Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus and capture their baggage train. • 1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. Births: • 1207 – 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 – Jerome, Roman priest, theologian and historian (b. 347) • 653 – Honorius of Canterbury, Italian archbishop • 954 – Louis IV of France (b. 920) • 1101 – Anselm IV, Italian archbishop • 1246 – Yaroslav II of Vladimir (b. 1191) • 1440 – Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Welsh soldier and politician (b. 1362) • 1487 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, English diplomat (b. 1400) • 1560 – Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525) • 1572 – Saint Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest (b. 1510) • 1581 – Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:36:53 +0000
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