Today in Medieval History, January 31

Good morning! Today is January 31, 2010.

On this date in Medieval History:

Notable Births:

1517 - Gioseffo Zarlino composer
1573 - Ambrosius Metzger composer
1573 - Giulio Cesare Monteverdi composer

1574 - Ben Jonson English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor
1601 - Pieter de Bloot Dutch landscape painter
1607 - James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby
1612 - Hendrik Casimir I count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia
1614 - Nicolas Saboly composer
1620 - Georg F von Waldeck German commander-in-chief
1623 - François-Xavier de Laval Montmorency, consecrated the first bishop of Québec Canada in 1674
1633 - Nathaniel Crew English bishop (Durham)

Notable Deaths:

0410 - Death of St. Marcella

0626 - Death of St. Aidan (Madoc) of Ferns

1561 -Menno Simonsz Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies
1580 - Hendrik Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies

1580 - Death of Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
1606 - Guy Fawkes convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35

Notable Events:

0314 - St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0876 - Charles becomes king of Italy

1298 - Peace of Tournai
1504 - By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
1531 - Kings Ferdinand of Austria/János Zápolyai of Hungary accept each other

1547 - The Earl of Hertford is appointed Duke of Somerset
and Lord-Protector of England
1560 - Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois
1578 - Battle of Gembloers
1596 - Catholic League disjoins
1609 - Wisselbank of Amsterdam established

1616 - First trip both ways around Cape Horn

1620 - The Virginia colony requests more orphaned
apprentices for employment
1627 - Spanish government goes bankrupt
1675 - Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft
1679 - Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellérophon" premieres in Paris
1696 - Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)