2012 Event Chinese authorities arrest a Tibetan monk and his nephew in Sichuan province, for inciting 8 self-immolation protests against Chinese rule 1997 Death Russ "Mad Monk" Meyer, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 74 1996 Death Brother Adam Kehrle, benedictine monk/beekeeper, dies at 98 1994 Death Parmeso Emekrasha, buddhist Monk, dies 1992 Event Washington Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception 1983 Event Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions 1983 Death Luis Bunuel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83 1982 Death Theolonious S Monk, U.S., jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64 1967 Birthday Craig John Monk, Auckland New Zealand, finn class yachter 1996 Olympics 1963 Death Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon 1959 Death S W R D Bandaranaike, Ceylon's PM, assassinated by a Buddhist monk 1957 Birthday Art Monk, NFL wide receiver, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles 1942 Birthday Meredith Monk, Lima Peru, choreographer-composer-performing artist 1917 Birthday Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist 1916 Death Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated 1916 Death Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered 1915 Birthday Thomas Merton, born in France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist, 7 Storey Mt 1905 Event Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea 1900 Death Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 1898 Birthday Brother Adam Kehrle, benedictine monk/beekeeper 1889 Death William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 1884 Death Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61 1871 Birthday Gregory Efimovich Rasputin, mad Russian monk 1835 Birthday Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist 1826 Death Giuseppe Piazzi, monk, mathematician and discoverer, found 1st asteroid, dies at 80 1823 Birthday William Henry Monk, composer 1822 Birthday Gregor Mendel, monk/geneticist, discoverer of laws of heredity 1819 Birthday Edwin George Monk, composer 1746 Birthday Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian monk, mathematician, and discoverer, discovers 1st asteroid, Ceres 1742 Death Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czechoslovakian monk/composer, dies at 58 1684 Birthday Bohuslav M Czernohorsky, Czechoslovakian monk/composer 1684 Birthday Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czechoslovakian monk/composer 1655 Death Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76 1639 Event Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening 1624 Death Anne of Saint Bartolomaeus, Flemish nun/monk/saint, dies at 74 1608 Birthday George Monck/Monk, English general and Governor of Scotland 1589 Event Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III 1589 Death Jacques Clement, French monk (Henri III), dies 1553 Death Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake 1543 Death Agnolo Firenzuola, Giovannini, Italian monk (De golden ezel), dies 1540 Death Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies 1519 Death Johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79 1519 Death Johann Tetzel, (German) monk, dies at about 79 1506 Death Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 1493 Birthday Agnolo Firenzuola, Giovannini, Italian monk, Golden Donkey 1472 Birthday Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter 1471 Death Thomas Kempis, Thomas Hammerken von Kempen, monk, dies at 91 1455 Death Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies 1452 Birthday Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98 1416 Event Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay 1391 Event Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 1383 Death Johannes Cantacuzenus, Byzantium emperor(1341 - 1354) and monk, dies at 90 1332 Death Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies 1217 Death Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle 1199 Death Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies 1129 Death Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76 1103 Death Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies 1075 Birthday Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet 1073 Death Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies 1061 Event Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed 1024 Death Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies 990 Death Ekkehart II, Palatinus, monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies 973 Death Ekkehard I, monk of St. Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies 912 Death Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 404 Death Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered
