Page 8: Historical Events In October - 29

2018  Japanese Princess Ayako of Japan marries commoner Kei Moriya at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, giving up her royal status   

2018  World Scrabble Championship won for the fourth time by New Zealand Malaysian Nigel Richards with the word "groutier" (bad-tempered)   

2018  New research says cacao tree inaugural used in Ecuador by Mayo Chinchipe culture, 5000 years ago, not in central America as previously thought.   

2018  Storms in Italy kill at least 11 with 75% of Venice flooded and two tornadoes striking Terracina   

2018  Lion Air flight JT 610 crashes into the sea just after takeoff near Jakarta, Indonesia, with the loss of all 189 on board.   

2018  Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast of Java, with 189 passengers on board   

2020  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirms the death of least 140 migrants who drowned off the coast of Senegal on a vessel bound for the Spanish Canary Islands. It is the deadliest shipwreck of 2020 so far.   

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1463  Alessandro achillini: Italian physician/philosopher   

1507  Fernando alvarez de toledo: Spanish viceroy of neth (1566-73)   

1513  Jacques amyot: French humanist/translator/abbot of bellozanne   

1562  George abbott: English theologist/archbishop of canterbury   

1656  Edmund halley: Astronomer (halley's comet) [ns=nov 8]   

1682  Pierre françois xavier de charlevoix: French historian   

1690  Martin folkes: English antiquarian   

1704  John byng: British admiral   

0490  Petrus mongus: Patriarch of alexandria,   

1038  Aethelnoth: Archbishop of canterbury   

1138  BolesÅ‚aw iii krzywousty: Duke of poland (b. 1086)   

1268  Conradin: Duke of swabia (executed) (b. 1252)   

1321  Stefanus vi uros ii milutin: King of serbia (1282-1321),   

1590  Dirck volkertsz coornhert: Theologist/philosopher,   

1618  Walter raleigh: English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason   

1650  David calderwood: Scottish historian (b. 1575)