[Loch-ruadh] Today in History July 3rd

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born on this date:

 1423: Louis XI, King of France


 1567: Samuel de Champlain



On this date:


 0683: Death of St. Leo II, Pope

 0987: Coronation of Hugh Capet as King of France

1187 The army of Outremer marches towards Tiberias

1190 The armies of Richard I of England and Philip II of France finally join
for the 3rd Crusade

1298 Edward I, King of England, crosses the Tweed at Coldstream

1423 Birth of Louis XI, King of France

1518 A drunken soldier strikes an image of the Virgin Mary, in La Rue aux
Ours, Paris, and the image bleeds; The soldier was burned for sacrilege









 1298: Edward I, King of England, crosses the Tweed at Coldstream



 1518: A drunken soldier strikes an image of the Virgin Mary, in La Rue aux
Ours, Paris, and the image bleeds. The soldier was burned for sacrilege



 1608: French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded the Canadian town of
Quebec.