[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History July 22

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1210 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of
Scotland (d. 1238)
1478 - King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
1510 - Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)
1519 - Pope Innocent IX (d. 1591)
1535 - Katarina Stenbock, wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
1559 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)

Deaths:
1362 - Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (b. 1324)
1387 - Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
1461 - King Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
1525 - Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
1540 - John Zápolya, King of Hungary

Other Events:
1099 - Godfrey of Bouillon elected first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of
The Kingdom of Jerusalem
1298 - Battle of Falkirk - Edward I (Longshanks) of England and his
longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his scottish schiltrons outside the
town.
1456 - Siege of Belgrade - John Hunyadi, Regent of Kingdom of Hungary
defeats Mehmet II of Ottoman Empire
1499 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of
Emperor Maximilian I.
1587 - Colony of Roanoke: A second group of English settlers arrive on
Roanoke Island off of North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.



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