[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History August 31

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
12 - Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)
161 - Commodus, Roman Emperor (d. 192)
1569 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627)

Deaths:
651 - Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
1056 - Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)
1234 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
1372 - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)
1422 - King Henry V of England (b. 1387)

Other Events:
1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora dies suddenly without children to succeed
the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty



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