[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History August 7

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
317 - Constantius II, Roman emperor (d. 361)
1400 - Guillaume Dufay, French composer (d. 1474)
1533 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)
1560 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614)
1574 - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)
1598 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672)

Deaths:
461 - Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)
479 - Emperor Yuryaku of Japan
1106 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050)
1485 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, English prince

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