[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 2

[STEVE K ROURKE]

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