[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 16

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1139 - Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (d. 1375)
1514 - John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)
1583 - Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654)
1591 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music
theorist (d. 1655)

Deaths:
1216 - Pope Innocent III
1397 - Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)
1464 - Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1399)
1468 - Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)

Other Events:
1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses
1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir



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