[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 17

[Dohmnall O'Ruairc]

754 Death of Carloman, King of the Franks.
1153 Birth of William, first son of King Henry II (England) and Eleanor of
Aquitaine.
1257 Death of St. Hyacinth of Cracow.
1308 Three Cardinals interview the senior officers of the Templars at
Chinon, France.
1424 VERNEUIL (English defeat French/Scots; death of Earl Archibald of
Douglas).
1427 Gypsies denied entry into Paris.
1498 Cardinal Borgia renounces his Office to marry a French princess.
1559 Death of Pope Paul IV.
1563 Tycho Brahe records his first observation.
1585 Antwerp is sacked after surrendering to the Duke of Parma.