#OTD 30th March 1558 Queen Mary I made her will, believing that she would soon give birth. instagram.com/p/CqZWFNsIgP-/… #MaryI #QueenMaryI #KatherineofAragon #KingHenryVIII #PhilipofSpain #Tudor #Hapsburg #England #Spain #History

#OTD 6th April 1590 Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster and Principal Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, died at Seething Lane, London, aged about 58. instagram.com/p/CqrHqGfqI-0/… #SirFrancisWalsingham #PrincipalSecretary #Spymaster #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

On this day in 1498, King Charles VIII of France died at age 27 after hitting his head on the lintel of a door. onthisday.com/people/charles…

On this day in 1492, Lorenzo de' Medici, an Italian banker, statesman, and patron of Michelangelo and Botticelli, died at age 43. onthisday.com/people/lorenzo…

On this day in 1500, France captured Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. onthisday.com/people/ludovic…

On this day in 1512, the French general Gaston de Foix died at the Battle of Ravenna during the War of the League of Cambrai. onthisday.com/photos/battle-…

CFP for Sixteenth Century Society Papers sought for panel "Children at Play in the Early Modern World" Conf location/dates: Baltimore Oct 26-29 CFP deadline: April 17 Submit abstract or q's to: [email protected]

#OTD 13th April 1534 Sir Thomas More was summoned to Lambeth to swear his allegiance to the Act of Succession. instagram.com/p/Cq9ZLwWqfgL/… #ThomasMore #SirThomasMore #LordChancellor #ActofSuccession #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 1519 b. Catherine de’ Medici. d. of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino. Her marriage to Henri II of France was unhappy. As French regent she tried but failed to steer a moderate course in the Wars of Religion & has a poor reputation as an intriguante & poisoner – not entirely deserved.

On this day in 1574, the Dutch mercenary force under Louis of Nassau were defeated by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mookerheyde. onthisday.com/people/louis-o…

Congratulations to Dr. Horacio Sierra (member of SCJ's Editorial Board) who has been named to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/……)!! @pcahgov

(1/7) University Information Technologies Update, Wednesday, April 26: ITS has restored several network capabilities, including internet access, Blackboard, Google Suite, the Truman website and TruView. Technology in classrooms has been largely restored.

#OTD 27th April 1573 At the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, a daughter was born to Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany & Joanna of Austria & named Maria. instagram.com/p/CrhcEtwtQUP/… #MariadeMedici #QueenofFrance #RegentofFrance #KingHenriIVofFrance #Medici #Bourbon #Florence #France #History

On this day in 1503, the Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeated the French forces led by Louis d'Armagnac.

On this day in 1527, Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France signed the Treaty of Westminster during the War of the League of Cognac, combining their forces against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

On this day in 1539, Isabella of Portugal, Queen consort of Spain and Holy Roman Empress, died aged 35.

On this day in 1519, Leonardo da Vinci died at age 67. onthisday.com/people/leonard…

On this day in 1469, Italian statesman and author Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence. onthisday.com/people/niccolo…

On this day in 1535, John Houghton, an English monk, was the first of the five Carthusian Martyrs to be hung, drawn and quartered at the Tower of London for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. onthisday.com/people/henry-v…