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Today in Medieval History
Poster: Mark Mettler <mettler@bulloch.net>
Greetings from Gryffri on Thursday June 10 ( a very busy day in
history),
Happy Birthday to...
In 1603 Sir Kenelm Digby
In 1613 Johan Georg II, elect of Saxon (1656-80)
In 1630 Willem van Bemmel, Dutch painter/etcher
On this day...
St. Barnabas' Day
The Glastonbury Abbey Walnut tree traditionally buds on this day
In 1144 Dedication of the Abbey Church of St. Denis, the first great
Gothic church in France
In 1186 The Glastonbury Abbey "Lady Chapel" is consecrated
In 1190 Frederik I van Hohenstaufen "Barbarossa", German King, dies
In 1216 Death of Henry, Emperor of Rumania
supposedly poisoned by his wife
In 1258 Provisions of Oxford reforms proposed by Parliament
In 1292 Death of Roger Bacon
In 1358 French boer leader Guillaume Cale captured
In 1381 "John Ball hath rungen his bell" Peasant revolt in England
In 1488 SAUCHIEBURN; Murder of James III, King of Scotland
In 1474 Louis XI, King of France, ratifies the "Perpetual Peace"
In 1496 Columbus returns to Spain
In 1509 Marriage of Henry VIII, King of England, to Catherine of
Aragon
In 1514 Coronation of Christian II as King of Norway and Denmark
In 1534 Revolt in Ireland of "Silken" Thomas Fitzgerald
In 1538 Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg
In 1540 Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister
In 1556 Martin Agricola [M Sore], German composer/cantor, dies
In 1559 Tristan de Luna y Arellano sets sail for Florida
In 1560 Death of Mary of Guise, widow of King James V and
Queen-mother of Scotland
In 1578 Sir Humphrey Gilbert granted a charter to search for the
Northwest Passage
In 1580 Louis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados),
dies
In 1584 French crown prince Francois-Hercule de Valois dies at 28
In 1605 Valse Dimitri crowned Russian tsar for 1st time
In 1610 1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan
Island
In 1611 Henrick Hudson's ship, the "Half Moon," freed from the ice
In 1624 Netherlands & France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of CompiSgne
In 1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 38 ships at bay of Salvador
In 1648 Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov
--
Gryffri de Newmarch
"il est bon de frotter et limer notre cervelle contre celle d'autrui."
It is good to rub and polish our mind against those of others.
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