TODAY IN HISTORY

Historical Moments for Sep 13
In Events:

September 13th 0122		Building begins on Hadrian's Wall
September 13th 0604		Sabinian begins his reign as Pope replacing Pope Gregory the Great
September 13th 1125		Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg crowned as German king Lotharius III
September 13th 1515		-14] Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers & Pope Leo X
September 13th 1549		Pope Paul III signs Council of Bologna
September 13th 1553		English Hugh Latimer arrested
September 13th 1556		Charles V & Maria of Hungary march into Spain
September 13th 1574		Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis
September 13th 1579		Breda forms Union of Utrecht
September 13th 1625		16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem

In Births:

September 13th 1157		Alexander Neckum/de Sancto Albano, English theologist/encyclopedist
September 13th 1520		William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier
September 13th 1551		Pandolfo Zallamella, composer
September 13th 1594		Francesco Manelli, composer
September 13th 1673		Hercule Brehy, composer

In Deaths:

September 13th 0081		Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies at about 42
September 13th 0867		Nicholas I, the Great, Italian Pope (858-67), dies
September 13th 1321		Dante Alighieri, author (Divine Comedy), dies
September 13th 1592		Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French philosopher (L'Amiti‚), dies at 59
September 13th 1596		Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java)