[Loch-ruadh] Today in history July 26

[STEVE K ROURKE]

0363: Death of Julian the Apostate
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08558b.htm



0657: Mu'awiyan defeats Caliph Ali in the Battle of Siffin in Mesopotamia.



0796: Death of Offa, King of the English
http://www.offasdyke.demon.co.uk/dyke.htm



0811: Nicephorus I, Byzantine emperor, killed in battle with the Bulgars



1237: Edward I, King of England, did homage to Philip II, King of France,
for his French holdings



1267: Pope Gregory X establishes the Inquisition



1471: Anti-Pope Benedict XIII deposed as a heretic



1471: Death of Pope Paul II



1526: Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon leaves Santo Domingo with several hundred
settlers to found a colony in Florida



1527: Founding of Coro, Venezuela



1529: Pizarro authorized to conquer Peru, by the Crown of Spain



1581: The Estates-General of the Hague declares Philip II deposed



1603: James VI of Scotland was crowned King James I of England. He then
'authorized'an English translation of the Scriptures, first published in
1611 and known since as the'King James Version' of the Bible.