[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 15

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1330 - Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (d. 1376)
1594 - Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)

Deaths:
 923 - Robert I of France (b. c. 865)
1073 - Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (b. 1034)
1246 - Duke Frederick II of Austria (b. 1219)
1341 - Andronicus III Palaeologus, Eastern Roman Emperor (b. 1297).
1381 - John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England
1381 - Wat Tyler, English rebel
1383 - John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor
1389 - Prince Lazar, Serbian Orthodox saint (b. 1329)
1467 - Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1396)
1521 - Tamás Bakócz. Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442)

Other Events:
763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the
chronology of Mesopotamian history.
923 - Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles
the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
1184 - King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the battle of Fimreite.
1215 - King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
1219 - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the world - and flag of Denmark.
According to legend, fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now
Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes' luck.
1246 - With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in
Austria.
1389 - Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1409 - Western Schism: The Catholic church is led into a double schism as
Petros Philargos is elected Pope Alexander V by the Council of Pisa, joining
Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
1520 - Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther.



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