[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 12

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1107 - Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)
1519 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)
1577 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)

Deaths:
816 - Pope Leo III
918 - Ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians
1020 - Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
1418 - Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360)
1435 - John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b.
1408)
1565 - Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar (b. 1512)
1567 - Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1490)

Other Events:
1381 - Peasants' Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath.
1418 - An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians.
1429 - Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their
capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke
of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau.



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