[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 29

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1286 - John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)
1470 - King Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
1503 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)

Deaths:
1181 - Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)
1364 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
1538 - Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467)
1579 - Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic, Turkish Janissary
1597 - Willem Barents, Dutch explorer

Other Events:
350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated
and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome



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