[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 11

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Births:
1182 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204) 
1522 - Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (d. 1605) 
1524 - Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585) 

Deaths:
1161 - Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105) 
1185 - Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier 
1279 - Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury 
1298 - Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1269) 
1349 - Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (b. 1315) 
1599 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman executed for conspiring to kill her father (b. 1577) 

Other Events:
1185 - Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt which deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire. 
1226 - The Catholic practice of perpetual adoration begins. 
1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace defeat the English. 
1541 - Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors.