April 26
121 Marcus Aurelius (Roman
Emperor 161-180) was born. He was the last of the "Five Good
Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important Stoic
philosophers.
1467 The
miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appeared in Genazzano, Italy.
1514
Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn.
March
20
687 Saint Cuthbert, a shepherd and hermit who achieved fame as a holy
man, healer, and bishop, died.
1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction
was thought to have been the caused the plague epidemic.
1549 Thomas Seymour was
executed. Seymour had married Henry VIII's widow Katherine Parr and pursued the
young princess Elizabeth without success. When his piratical activities were
discovered he was arrested, tried, and executed.
