[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History August 21

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1165 - King Philip II of France (d. 1223)
1535 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)
1567 - Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (d. 1622)
1597 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)

Deaths:
1157 - King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)
1153 - Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian (b. 1090)
1271 - Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)
1581 - Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)

Other Events:
1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shogun and the de facto ruler of
Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)



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