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Today in History brought to you by HistoryOrb gc 741 - St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III 1347 - Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics 1557 - 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form 1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia 1621 - Galileo invents telescope 1639 - 1st annulment by court decree passes 1676 - Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000 1678 - Edmund Halley receives MA from The Queens College, Oxford 1685 - Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden 1694 - English parliamentary election set for every 3 years 1699 - Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague 1775 - 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) 1818 - Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) 1828 - Andrew Jackson elected 7th US President 1833 - Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens Todays Historical Events » Famous Birthdays Born Today Novelist Joseph Conrad (1857) Birthdays 1 - 15 of 213 1368 - Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) 1483 - Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist 1560 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) 1576 - Marsilio Casentini, composer 1668 - Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer 1684 - Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) 1729 - Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) 1750 - Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer 1752 - Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer 1753 - Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine) 1755 - Gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington) 1758 - Josef Gelinek, composer 1776 - Johann Spurzheim, German neuroscientist (d. 1832) 1795 - Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840) 1797 - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore Todays Famous Birthdays » Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 6 of 6 1931 - Silent film actress Clara Bow (26) weds actor and politician Rex Bell (28) in Las Vegas 1984 - Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc 2005 - NBC correspondent Hoda Kotb (41) weds New Orleans tennis coach Burzis Kanga in the Dominican Republic 2005 - The Last Samurai actor Ken Watanabe (46) weds actress Kaho Minami (41) in Tokyo 2005 - French heiress Athina Onassis (20) weds Olympic gold medalist equestrian Alvaro de Miranda Neto (32) in Sao Paulo, Brazil 2005 - Marilyn Manson lead singer Brian Warner (36) weds burlesque performer Dita Von Teese (33) at Castle Gurteen in County Tipperary, Ireland Todays Famous Weddings » Famous Deaths Passed Away Today Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson (1894) Deaths 1 - 15 of 108 450 - Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies 1137 - Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 1154 - Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies 1265 - Odofredus, Italian jurist 1463 - Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies 1469 - Piero de Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 1491 - Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies 1533 - Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 1552 - St Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary to the East (b. 1506) 1610 - Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548) 1660 - Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 1676 - Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried 1706 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637) 1765 - Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713) 1789 - Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies
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