[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History August 8

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1079 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)

Deaths:
869 - Lothair II of Lotharingia (b. 825)
1445 - Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer
1553 - Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)
1588 - Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter

Other Events:
1509 - The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the
regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
1585 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the Northwest
Passage.
1588 - Battle of Gravelines ends, marking the end of the Spanish Armada's
attempt to invade England



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