Historical Events In April - 05

0000  Noah's ark grounded, Mt Ararat (acording to scholars' estimate)   

0456  St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop   

0823  Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France   

1058  Bishop John "Minchio", [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X   

1058  Bishop John "Minchio," [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X   

1242  Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights   

1242  Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia   

1566  200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition   

1585  Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch   

1588  The birth of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher   

1603  New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London   

1288  Emperor go-fushimi of japan: Emperor go-fushimi of japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca maria sforza: Wife of maximilian i, holy roman emperor   

1523  Blaise de vigenère: French cryptographer   

1588  Thomas hobbes: England, philosopher (leviathan)   

1595  John wilson: Composer   

1598  Laurentius erhard: Composer   

1604  Charles iv: Duke of lorraine   

1622  Vincenzo viviani: Italian mathematician   

0582  Eutychius: Patriarch of constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus: Patriarch of constantinopel (806-15),   

1168  Robert de beaumont: 2nd earl of leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  Julian of cornillon/liege: Flemish visionary/saint,   

1270  Ramban nachmanides: Talmudic scholar (hiddushei ha-ramden),   

1419  Vincent ferrer: Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  Richard roose: Boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop   

1605  Adam loftus: English protestant archbishop in ireland (c.1513)