[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History July 19

Steve K. Rourke steverourke at charter.net
Wed Jul 19 04:23:32 PDT 2006


Births:

Deaths:
514 - Symmachus, Italian Pope (b. 498)
931 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (b. 867)
1374 - Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304)
1415 - Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)
1543 - Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England

Other Events:
711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their
king Roderic.
1333 - Battle of Halidon Hill: the final battle of the Wars of Scottish
Independence.
1544 - The Siege of Boulogne began.
1553 - Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England
after having that title for just nine days.
1588 - The Spanish Armada was sighted in the English Channel.



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