[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 13

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born:
40 Gnaeus Julius Agricola Roman general; conquered Wales, No. England
823 Charles II (the Bald) king of France (843-77), emperor (875-77)
1574: Richard Barnfield, English poet

Deaths:
323 -BC- Alexander the Great dies of fever at Babylon
1231: Death of St. Anthony of Padua

Other Events:
1329: The Kingship of Robert I, "the Bruce," King of Scots, is recognized by
Pope John XXII
1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed
1374: Chaucer given an annual pension from John of Gaunt
1392: Pierre de Craon attempts the assassination of Clisson, Constable of
France
1483: Richard of Gloucester accuses Jane Shore of sorcery
1525 German Reformer Martin Luther, 42, married former nun Katherine von
Bora, 26. Their 21-year marriage bore six children. Kate outlived her
husband (who died in 1546) by six years.




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