1378 Joanna of Bourbon (died) (born 1338) 1515 Aldus Manutius (died), Italian publisher, founded the Aldine Press (born 1449) 1582 Mario Bettinus (born), Italian philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1657) 1612 Antoine Arnauld (born), French theologian, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1694) 1617 Prospero Alpini (died), Italian physician and botanist (born 1553) 1639 Daniel Georg Morhof… Continue reading
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5 February
62 Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. 1576 Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. 1578 Giovanni Battista Moroni (died), Italian painter (born 1520) 1597 A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to… Continue reading
4 February
211 Septimius Severus (died), Roman emperor (born 145) 1169 A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania. 1454 In the Thirteen Years’ War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. 1677 Johann Ludwig… Continue reading
3 February
619 Laurence (died), Archbishop of Canterbury 995 William IV (died), Duke of Aquitaine (born 937) 1338 Joanna of Bourbon (born). (died 1378) 1377 More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal Troops (Cesena Bloodbath). 1428 Ashikaga Yoshimochi e (died), Japanese shogun (born 1386)… Continue reading
2 February
1461 Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer’s Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England. 1512 Hatuey (died), Caribbean tribal chief 1522 Lodovico Ferrari (born), Italian mathematician (died 1565) 1536 Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1542 Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle… Continue reading