[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History July 12

[Steve K. Rourke]

Born:
1394 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)
1468 - Juan del Encina, Spanish poet and composer
1596 - Tsar Michael I of Russia (d. 1645)

Deaths:
783 - Bertrada, wife of Pippin III (b. 720)
1441 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
1536 - Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher
1584 - Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)

Other Events:
1543 - King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine
Parr at Hampton Court Palace.
1573 - Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva capture Haarlem after a seven
month siege.
1580 - Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is
published.



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