[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History July 11

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1274 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (d. 1329)
1366 - Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (d. 1394)
1561 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)

Deaths:
472 - Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
937 - King Rudolph II of Burgundy
969 - Olga of Kiev
1174 - King Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. 1136)
1302 - Robert II of Artois, French soldier (b. 1250)
1535 - Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (b. 1484)
1581 - Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero

Other Events:
1302 - Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) - a coalition
around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's huge knightly army.
1346 - Charles IV of Luxembourg elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1405 - Chinese fleet commander Zheng He set sail to explore the world for
the first time.
1576 - Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.



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