[Loch-ruadh] Today in history July 15th

[STEVE K ROURKE]

0668 Death of Constans II, Eastern Roman Emperor
0862 Death of St. Swithin
0971 St. Swithin's body moved to a basilica
1015 Death of St. Vladimir
1024 Death of St. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
1097 Capture of Jerusalem (1st Crusade) 10,000 massacred
1189 Elanor of Aquitane, Queen of England, released from her husband's
prison
1205 Pope Innocent III says Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude &
subjugation due to the crucifixion of Jesus
1240 NEVA RIVER (Russia defeats Sweden)
1258 Death of Pierre de Grandson
1291 Death of Rudolph I, King of Germany
1381 Execution of John Ball
1394 Charles VI, King of France, expels the Jews from France
1410 TANNENBURG (Polish, Russians and Lithuanians defeat Germans)
1430 Jeanne d'Arc handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the Bishop of Beauvais
1483 Death of the Princes in the Tower
1543 Henry VIII, King of England, marries Catherine Paar
1573 Birth of Inigo Jones
1575 St. Philip Neri organizes the Congregation of the Oratory