[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 27

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1040 - King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
1350 - Manuel II Palaeologus, Eastern Roman Emperor
1462 - King Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
1550 - King Charles IX of France (d. 1574)

Deaths:
1149 - Raymond of Antioch
1162 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
1458 - King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
1574 - Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)
1603 - Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop, writer, and diplomat (b.
1539)

Other Events:
678 - Saint Agatho begins his reign as a Catholic Pope.
1542 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain.



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