Dec 22 On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)
Jan 05 On this day in history death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)
Jan 07 On this day in history death of thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)
Jan 16 On this day in history death of john Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)
Feb 14 Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle died on this day in history.
Mar 24 Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.
Oct 25 On this day in history geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London