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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →