[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 25

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1501 - Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1562 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright (d. 1635)
1577 - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629)

Deaths:
311 - Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr
1034 - King Malcolm II of Scotland (killed)
1120 - William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (drowned) (b. 1104)
1185 - Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)
1326 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)
1374 - Philip II of Taranto, Emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329)
1456 - Jacques Cour, French merchant
1560 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (b. 1466)

Other Events:
1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies. Donnchad, the son of his
second daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
1120 - The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin,
son of Henry I of England.
1177 - Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at
the Battle of Montgisard.
1491 - The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.
1542 - Battle of Solway Moss. The English army defeats the Scottish.