[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 24

Steve K. Rourke steverourke at charter.net
Fri Jun 23 22:53:34 PDT 2006


Births:
1244 - Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)
1340 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
1386 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)
1485 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)
1519 - Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)
1532 - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1588)
1542 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (d. 1591)
1546 - Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (d. 1610)

Deaths:
803 - Higbald of Lindisfarne
1398 - Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)
1439 - Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)
1519 - Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (b. 1480)
1520 - Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)
1604 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of
England (b. 1550)

Other Events:
972 - Battle of Cedynia, near Cedynia. Polish forces have had their first
documented victory.
1128 - Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães. Portuguese forces led by
Alfonso I defeat his mother D.Teresa and D.Fernão Peres de Trava. After this
battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step
towards "official independence" in 1143.
1314 - End of the Battle of Bannockburn. Scottish forces led by Robert the
Bruce defeat Edward II of England. Scotland regains its independence.
1340 - Edward III of England personally leads the navy of the Kingdom of
England in its practically complete destruction of the fleet of the Kingdom
of France at the Battle of Sluys. The French fleet was under the command of
admiral Hue Quiéret and treasurer Nicholas Béhuchet, assisted by Genoese
mercenary galleys serving under Egidio Bocanegra. Although both Hue Quiéret
and Béhuchet were among the casualties, the mercenaries manage to escape.
1374 - A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of
Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch
uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
1441 - Eton College founded.
1497 - John Cabot lands on North America in Newfoundland; first European
exploration of the region since the Vikings.
1497 - Cornish traitors Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank executed at
Tyburn, London
1509 - Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon crowned King and Queen of England.
1534 - Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island.
1535 - The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
1597 - The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java).



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