Today in history brought to you by HistoryOrb gc 3102 BC - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. 1129 - Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II 1268 - The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor. 1332 - Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces. 1478 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. 1503 - Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII) 1536 - France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel 1563 - Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise 1574 - Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels 1634 - Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution 1678 - John Bunyans Pilgrims Progress is published 1685 - Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for Frances claim to Texas. 1688 - Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa 1713 - French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao 1735 - 1st opera performed in America, Flora, in Charleston, SC Todays Historical Events » Famous Birthdays Born Today Physicist and Inventor Alessandro Volta (1745) Birthdays 1 - 15 of 237 1374 - Saint Jadwiga of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1399) 1404 - Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) 1486 - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer 1516 - Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) 1530 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) 1543 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) 1559 - Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian 1602 - Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) 1609 - Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) 1632 - Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer 1635 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680) 1642 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) 1658 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) 1677 - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) 1716 - Gaspard Fritz, composer Todays Famous Birthdays » Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 5 of 5 1943 - Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean gen/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart 1989 - Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women 1994 - Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31) 2001 - Comedian Kathy Griffin (37) weds computer administrator Matthew Moline (32) at the 360 Degree Restaurant in Hollywood 2012 - Activist and contributor for ABC News Elizabeth Smart (24) weds Matthew Gilmour (22) in Hawaii Todays Famous Weddings » Famous Deaths Passed Away Today Turkic Conqueror Tamerlane (1405) Deaths 1 - 15 of 150 806 - Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730) 814 - Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne 901 - Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) 999 - Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies 1139 - Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) 1217 - Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 1294 - Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) 1379 - Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) 1397 - Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 1405 - Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336) 1455 - Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies 1478 - Duke of Clarence, privately executed and reputedly drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine 1535 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, physician and theologian dies at 48 1546 - Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88
Posted on: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:00:00 +0000
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