[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Sept. 1

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Byzantine New Year
1159 Death of Pope Adrian IV.
1181 Election of Lucius III as Pope.
1271 Election of Gregory X as Pope.
1315 Edmund the Butler given land as reward for putting down English rebels.
1378 The new government of Florence, Italy takes office.
1422 Henry VI becomes King of England.
1513 Balboa sets out from Darien.
1529 Birth of Taddeo Zuccari, Mannerist painter.
1557 Death of Jacques Cartier.
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1159 Death of Pope Adrian IV, only English Pope.