[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 20

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1005 - Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
1389 - John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)
1566 (O.S.) - King Sigismund III of Poland (d. 1632)
1583 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)

Deaths:
451 - Theodorid, King of the Visigoths
840 - Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
(b. 778)
1597 - Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator

Other Events:
451 - According to some sources, this was the date of the Battle of Chalons:
Flavius Aetius' victory over Attila the Hun.
1214 - University of Oxford receives its charter.



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