[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 2
STEVE K ROURKE
SROURKE at prodigy.net
Wed Aug 1 22:39:11 PDT 2001
0257: Death of St. Stephen I, Pope
0461: Marjorian, Emperor of the West, deposed and killed
0640: Death of Pope Severinus
0686: Death of Pope John V
0939: Defeat of the Normans by Alan Barvek, King of Brittany
1100: William II, "Rufus," King of England, killed in a hunting accident
1191: The first installment of freed prisoners and ransom money from Acre
arrives from Saladin to the 3rd Crusade
1274: Edward I, King of England, lands at Dover to take his Crown
1307: The Templars are exempted from a tax of King Edward of England by the
Pope
1332: Donald, Earl of Mar, made Regent of Scotland
1358: Paris opened to the Regent of France
1552: Death of St. Basil the Blessed
1552: John Fredrick (the Elector of Saxony) and Philip of Hesse are released
from custody
1589: Assassination of Henry III, King of France
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