[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History July 15

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1353 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1471 - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)
1553 - Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)
1573 - Inigo Jones, English architect (d. 1652)

Deaths:
518 - Roman Emperor Anastasius I
1085 - Robert Guiscard, French adventurer
1262 - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1222)
1274 - Bonaventure, Italian theologian and saint (b. 1221)
1291 - Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1218)
1381 - John Ball, English priest
1406 - Duke William of Austria
1410 - Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
(killed in battle) (b. 1360)
1544 - René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (b. 1519)
1571 - Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514)

Other Events:
1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take Church of the Holy Sepulchre
in Jerusalem after a difficult siege.
1162 - Ladislaus II of Hungary declared King of Hungary.
1207 - John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of
Canterbury Stephen Langton
1240 - A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the
Battle of the Neva
1381 - John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, hanged, drawn and
quartered in the presence of Richard II of England.
1410 - Battle of Grunwald, allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order.



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