[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 29

Tue Aug 28 22:17:55 PDT 2001

1167 King Almaric of Jerusalem marries Maria Comnensus.
1179 Castle Chastelet falls to Saladin.
1219 Fall of Damietta (Egypt - 5th Crusade) after a 17 month long siege.
1315 MONTECATINI (Pisa defeats Florence).
1350 WINCHELSEA (English defeat Spanish fleet).
1475 England again invades France.
1475 Treaty of Picquigny. http://www.xrefer.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=363231
1512 Capture of Prato by the Spanish.
1512 Return of the Medici to Florence.
1526 MOHACS (defeat of Hungarian army by Ottoman Turks; death of Lajos II,
King of Hungary).
1533 Execution of Atahualpa, last Inca ruler.
1540 Alvarado's expedition leaves Zuni, New Mexico.