[Loch-ruadh] Today in history July 28

[STEVE K ROURKE]

St. Christopher's Day
1057 Death of Pope Victor II.
1148 Crusaders outside of Damascus retreat - end of the 2nd Crusade.
1165 Birth of Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic, philosopher.
1330 Serbians defeat Bulgarians, and kill Czar Michael Sisman of Bulgaria.
1458 Death of Jacopo Sannazaro (given 6,000 Crowns for 6 lines of poetry).
1480 Turks make a sneak attack on Rhodes.
1491 Birth of Henry VIII (England).
1540 Marriage of Henry VIII (England) to Catherine Howard.
1565 Settlers for Florida sail from Spain.
1565 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, orders her heralds to publish that Lord
Darnley is to be "named and styled King".
1576 Frobisher's expedition reaches Labrador.
1588 English fireships burn the Spanish Armada