[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History July 8

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1528 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (d. 1580)
1545 - Prince Don Carlos of Spain (d. 1568)
1593 - Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)

Deaths:
810 - Pepin, King of Italy (b. 773)
975 - King Edgar of England
1153 - Pope Eugene III
1538 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)

Other Events:
1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious
procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders mock them.
1283 - War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta
1497 - Vasco da Gama sets sail on first direct European voyage to India.



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