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)

Historical Moments for Sep 10

Historical Moments for Sep 10
In Events:

September 10th 0422		St Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
September 10th 0918		Arnulf I the Old becomes landsheer of Flanders
September 10th 1349		Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
September 10th 1510		Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal
September 10th 1547		Battle at Pinkie, Midlothian: English beat the Scots
September 10th 1547		English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5
September 10th 1608		John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va
September 10th 1776		George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
September 10th 1785		Prussia signs trade agreement with US
September 10th 1798		British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St George
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In Births:

September 10th 1487		Julius III, Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55)
September 10th 1585		Ercole Porta, composer
September 10th 1588		Nicholas Lanier, composer
September 10th 1645		Romeyn de Hooghe, Haarlem Neth, painter/goldsmith
September 10th 1714		Niccol¢ Jommelli, Italy, composer

In Deaths:

September 10th 0918		Boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies
September 10th 0954		Louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies
September 10th 1279		Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies
September 10th 1305		Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies
September 10th 1382		Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary/Poland, dies