[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 18

[Dohmnall O'Ruairc]

1227 Death of Ghengis Khan.
1274 Coronation of Edward I (England).
1276 Death of Pope Adrian V.
1304 MONS-ET-PEVELE (All I can find is that this was the site of a battle.)
1477 Marriage of Maximillian, Holy Roman Emperor, to Mary of Burgundy.
1516 Concordat of Bologna.
1537 Siege of Corfu begins (ends 6 September 1537).
1559 Death of Pope Paul IV.
1571 Valletta, capital of Malta, completed and occupied by the Knights of
St. John.
1572 Marriage of Henry (Navarre) to Margaret.
1587 Birth of Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America.
1591 The Governor of the Roanoke Island colony returns from England, to find
an empty fort and the word "Croatoan". The mystery has never been solved