Today in History on This Day 1391 - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425) 1479 - Johanna, the Insane, Queen of Castile (1504-20) 1494 - Suleiman I (the Magnificent), Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566). Longest reigning Sultan from 1520 till death in 1566. 1550 - Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden (d. 1612) 1558 - Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy) 1566 - Julien Perrichon, composer 1607 - Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer 1613 - Luis de Garay, composer 1659 - Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer 1661 - Charles II, last Habsburg king of Spain (reigns 1665-1700) 1671 - Colley Cibber, England, dramatist/poet laureate (Loves Last Shift) 1692 - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763) 1746 - African-American abolitionist and clergyman Absalom Jones born into slavery in Delaware 1753 - Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer 1753 - Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802) 355 - Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain 1153 - Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas. 1534 - Zealand hit by heavy storm 1572 - Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia 1632 - Battle at Lutzen: Swedish/Saxon army beats imperial armies 1657 - Brandenburg & Poland sign unity of Bromberg 1676 - King Carlos II of Spain comes of age (at 15) 1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States. 1792 - Battle of Jemappes: French army beats Holy Roman Empire 1813 - Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain 1844 - Spain grants Dominican Rep independence 1850 - 1st Hawaiian fire engine 1850 - Yerba Buena & Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use 1860 - Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 02:59:24 +0000
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