[Loch-ruadh] Today in history July 9th

[STEVE K ROURKE]

1228 Death of Stephen Langton (b.ca.1155), Archbishop of Canterbury. It was
Langtonwho formulated the original division of the Bible into chapters in
the late 1100s
1386 SEMPACH - Swiss defeat Austrians.
1386 John of Gaunt sails for Spain.
1440 Death of Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter.
1497 Vasco Da Gama sets sail to find a sea route to India.
1504 Death of Pietro da Vinci, father of Leonardo.
1530 German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'This is a definite
sign thatwe are God's children, because we are men of peace.'
1540 Henry VIII divorces Anne of Cleves.
1552 Treaty of Passau 1552.
1553 SIEVERSHAUSEN - Maurice of Saxony defeats Albert of Brandenburg;
Maurice is fatally wounded.
1575 Elizabeth I (England) arrives at Kenilworth Castle.
1578 Birth of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
1584 Assassination of William of Orange, "the Silent".
1561 The failed Pensacola Bay, Florida colony returns to Santo Domingo.
1569 Rudolf II, Emperor of Bohemia, grants freedom of worship in his domain.
1595 Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe