[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History August 22
Steve K. Rourke
steverourke at charter.net
Mon Aug 21 23:16:12 PDT 2006
Births:
Deaths:
408 - Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
1155 - Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)
1188 - Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)
1241 - Gregory IX, Italian religious leader, 178th Pope (b. c. 1143)
1280 - Nicholas III, Italian religious leader, 188th Pope (b. c. 1216)
1286 - Erik V Klipping, King of Denmark (b. 1249)
1304 - John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)
1350 - Philip VI, King of France (b. 1293)
1485 - Richard III, King of England (b. 1452)
1553 - John Dudley, English admiral and politician (b. 1501)
1572 - Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528)
1584 - Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530)
1599 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
1599 - Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. c. 1553)
Other Events:
565 - St. Columba reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland
1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses
1559 - Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy
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