[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History May 28
Steve K. Rourke
steverourke at charter.net
Sat May 27 22:17:06 PDT 2006
Births:
1371 John the Fearless Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior
1577 Floris II van Pallandt Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician
Deaths:
1089 Lanfrance Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1259 Christoffel I King of Denmark, dies
1317 Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63
1357 Afonso IV King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
1521 Willem van Croij duke of Soria, dies at about 62
1534 Dirk Martens Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
Other Events:
0585 -BC- Thales Miletus predicts solar eclispe Persian-Lydian battle ends
0640 Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638)
1037 German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis"
1156 Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet
1349 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia
1358 Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising
1521 Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V
1533 England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage
1539 Hernando de Soto lands in Florida
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