[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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