[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 11

[STEVE K ROURKE]

St. Claire's Day
490 ADDUA - Goths defeat Romans.
883 AL-MUKHTARA - Black Zanji (Kharijite) rebels defeated by Muwaffaq.
1241 Death of Ogadai, Mongol KaKhan.
1259 Mongka, KaKhan of the Mongols, dies.
1306 DALRY - Robert I, "the Bruce," defeated by the Lord of Lorne.
1415 Henry V's fleet sets sail for France, at 3:00 pm, on a Sunday.
1456 Death of John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary.
1464 Death of Nicholas of Kues. http://www.ahitravel.com/trips/rpdest.htm
1471 Republic of Novgorod becomes subject to the Dukes of Moscow.
1480 Turks capture the castle of Otranto, in southern Italy (Naples).
1492 Election of Alexander VI as Pope.
1494 Death of Hans Memling. http://www.televisual.it/uffizi/h_memlin.html
1587 Arrival in Virginia of Raleigh's second expedition of colonists.