[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 20

[Dohmnall O'Ruairc]

651 Death of St. Oswin, King of Deria (England).
684 Death of St. Philibert.
917 ANCHIALUS - Byzantines defeated by Symeon.
1119 Battle of Bremule
1153 Death of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, at 9:00 am.
1191 Richard I (England) commands the execution of 2500+ Muslim prisoners
beneath the walls of Acre, men, women and children, in sight of Saladin and
his army. While some of the Anglo-Norman army were fighting off the enraged
Muslims, others were slitting open the bodies of the executed in hopes of
finding swallowed gold.
1205 Henry crowned Emperor of Rumania.
1384 Gerhard Groote, founder of Brethren of the Common Life dies.
1451 Capture of Bayonne by French.
1561 Birth of Jacopo Peri, singer, composer.
1572 Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, Spanish explorer of Philippines dies.
1591 Birth of Robert Herrick. http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/herrick/
1597 First Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East.
1598 A duel with rapier and dagger takes place between Don Philip of Savoy
and M. de Crecqui