Today in Medieval History, February 15

Good morning! Today is February 15, 2010

On this date in Medieval History:

Notable Births

1368 - Sigismund Nürnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)
1483 - Babur founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30
1497 - Philipp Melanchthon Germany, Protestant reformer
1519 - Pedro Menéndez de Aviles explored Florida - founded St Augustine FL
1524 - Charles de Guise archbishop/cardinal of Reims
1557 - Alfonso Fontanelli composer
1564 - Galileo Galilei Pisa, Italy, astronomer/physicist
1571 - Michael Praetorius Kreuzberg Germany, music theorist/composer (Syntagma music)
1620 - François Charpentier French scholar/archaeologist
1650 - Anne Jules duke de Noailles marshal of France (Hugenot)
1660 - Frans Anneessens Belgian merchant/dean of artisans
1666 - Antonio M Valsalva Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)

Notable Deaths

1043 - Gisela wife of Roman Catholic-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52
1145 - Lucius II [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies
1152 - Konrad III Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58
1503 - Henry Deane Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies
1568 - Hendrik van Brederode Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36
1580 - Cunerus Petri Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies
1597 - Pieter J Kies Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66
1600 - José the Acosta Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59
1621 - Michael Praetorius German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at 50
1637 - Ferdinand II King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58
1660 - Klaas Geritsz Compaen Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72
1680 - Jan Swammerdam Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41
1686 -Mathias Rauchmüller German sculptor (Piasten mausoleum Poland), dies

Notable Events

0732 - Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
1145 - Bernardo elected Pope Eugene III
1313 - Peace of Angleur
1386 - Duke Philip the Stout forms Council of Flanders
1539 - Emperor Charles receives Cardinal Pole in Toledo
1552 - Dutch coast hit by heavy storm
1563 - Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania
1637 - Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor
1677 - King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands
1686 - Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide" premieres in Paris
1689 - German Parliament declares war on France