[Loch-ruadh] Today in history July 27

[STEVE K ROURKE]

479 The Awakening of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus.
852 Deaths of Sts. Aurelius and Natalia.
916 Death of St. Clement Slovenski.
1054 DUNSINANE - Seward of Northumbria & Malcolm defeat Macbeth.
1061 Death of Pope Nicholas II.
1148 The 2nd Crusade moves camp to the eastern side of Damascus.
1214 BOUVINES - Otto of Brunswick, Holy Roman Emperor, defeated by Phillip
Augustus ( France).
1245 Fredrick II condemned and deposed by the Council of Lyons.
1276 Death of James I "The Conqueror" ( Aragon).
1361 VISBY - Waldemar IV of Denmark defeats Gotlanders.
1365 Marriage of Enguerrand deCoucy and Isabella of England.
1399 The Duke of York allies with Henry Bolingbroke at Berkely Castle.
1501 Copernicus formally installed as Canon of Frauenberg Cathedral.
1563 French regain Le Havre; returning English soldiers bring plague.
1582 A Spanish fleet routs the allied Portugese/English/French fleets.
1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia.
1588 The Armada anchors at Calais.
1590 Castana de Sosa leaves Nueva Leon with 150 settlers for New Mexico.