[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History May 24

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
0015 Julius Caesar Germanicus Roman commandant 
1544 William Gilbert Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) 

Deaths:
1144 Petronella wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies 
1153 David I King of Scotland, dies 
1543 Nicolas Copernicus astronomer, dies in Poland 

Other Events:
1086 Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III 
1153 Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland 
1300 King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured 
1370 Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV 
1487 Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin 



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