[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History July 29

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1166 - Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197)

Deaths:
238 - Pupienus, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
238 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
1030 - King Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
1099 - Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
1108 - King Philip I of France (b. 1081)
1507 - Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459)

Other Events:
1014 - Byzantine-Bulgar Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II
inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent savage
treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to
die of shock.
1030 - Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad - King Olaf
II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
1565 - Mary Stuart, widowed, marries Lord Darnley, duke of Albany.
1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - English naval forces under
command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeats the Spanish
Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.



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