[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 8
STEVE K ROURKE
SROURKE at prodigy.net
Tue Aug 7 21:33:55 PDT 2001
Born
1075: Abu al-Qasim az-Samakhshari, Persian theologian, philologist
Other events
0449:The Council of Ephesus upholds the Monophysite view
0869: Death of Lothair, King of Lorraine
1296: A priest, one Matthew of York, and one William le Waleys, are accused
of burglary of 3 shillings worth of beer, in Perth
1296: The Stone of Scone stolen by Edward I, King of England
1306: Murder of Wenceslas III, King of Poland
1308: The Pope summons witnesses for the Templar trials
1471: Death of Thomas Kempis at the age of 91. He was a Dutch mystic and
devotional author.
1503: Marriage of Margaret of England to King James IV of Scotland
1540: Marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Catherine Howard
1553: Girolamo Fracastoro, physician, poet, scientist, dies
1570: Charles IX, King of France, signs the Treaty of St. Germain
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