[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 21

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
1002: St. Leo IX, Pope

Deaths:
1208: Murder of Philip, King of Germany, by his daughter's rejected suitor
1547: Death of Sebastian del Piombo
1582: Murder of Oda Nobunaga


Other Events:
1306: Philip IV "the Fair", King of France, gives a secret commission to
William de Nogaret (see 21 July)
1314: Edward II, King of England, relieves the siege of Edinburgh
1377: Richard II become King of England
1497: Discovery Day (by John Cabot) celebrated in Newfoundland
1498 Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
1598: English capture El Morro, the fort at San Juan, Puerto Rico