[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 7

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born:
1502 Pope Gregory XIII introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582

Deaths:
0555: Death of Pope Vigilius
0604: Death of St. Augustine
1329 Robert Bruce leader of the Scots, dies at 53 of leprosy
1159: Death of St. Robert of Newminister
1394: Death of Anne of Bohemia, Queen to Richard II of England
1537: Death of Madeline of France, wife of King James of Scotland


Other Events:
555 Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1002: Henry II elected King of Germany
1099 The armies of the First Crusade (1096-99) reached the walls of
Jerusalem.
1304: Pope Benedict XI excommunicates William de Nogaret for his part in
leading the attack on Pope Boniface
1494: Treaty of Tordesillas: the Pope divides the New World between Spain
and Portugal
1498: Columbus leaves on his third voyage
1508: Capitulation of Pisa to Florence
1520: "Field of the Cloth of Gold"
1545: Charles V allies with Pope Paul III
1546: Peace of Ardres
1557: England declares war on France
1566: Sir Thomas Gresham lays the foundation stone of the Royal Exchange
1576: Frobisher sails in search of the Northwest Passage
1586: Francis Drake burns St. Augustine, Florida



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