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1065 – The Great German Pilgrimage, which had been under attack by Bedouin bandits for three days, is rescued by the Fatimid governor of Ramla.[4]
The Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–1065 was a large pilgrimage to Jerusalem which took place a generation before the First Crusade.
1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.[1]
The siege of Thessalonica between 1422 and 1430 saw the Ottoman Empire, under Sultan Murad II, capture the city of Thessalonica. Afterwards, the city remained in Ottoman hands for the next five centuries until it became part of the Kingdom of Greece in 1912.
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1472 – Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)[43]
Fra Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo OP (UK: /ˌbɑːrtɒləˈmeɪoʊ/, US: /-toʊl-/, Italian: [bartolo(m)ˈmɛːo]; 28 March 1472 – 31 October 1517), also known as Bartolommeo di Pagholo,[1] Bartolommeo di San Marco,[2] Paolo di Jacopo del Fattorino, and his original nickname Baccio della Porta,[2] was an Italian Renaissance painter of religious subjects. He spent all his career in Florence until his mid-forties, when he travelled to work in various cities, as far south as Rome. He trained with Cosimo Rosselli and in the 1490s fell under the influence of Savonarola, which led him to become a Dominican friar in 1500, renouncing painting for several years. Typically his paintings are of static groups of figures in subjects such as the Virgin and Child with Saints.[3]
1561 – Santorio Santorio, Italian biologist (d. 1636)[46]
Santorio Santori [1] (29 March, 1561 – 22 February, 1636[2]) also called Santorio Santorio, Santorio de’ Sanctoriis, or Sanctorius of Padua[3] and various combinations of these names, was an Italian physiologist, physician, and professor, who introduced the quantitative approach into the life sciences and is considered the father of modern quantitative experimentation in medicine. He is also known as the inventor of several medical devices. His work De Statica Medicina, written in 1614, saw many publications and influenced generations of physicians.[4][5]
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