[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 17

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
64 - Julia Flavia, daughter of Roman Emperor Titus; lover of Domitian.
879 - King Charles III of France (d. 929)
1192 - Minamoto no Sanetomo Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
1271 - Wenceslas II of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)
1550 - Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
1580 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)

Death:
1179 - Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess and composer (b. 1098)
1322 - Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)
1422 - Constantine II of Bulgaria.
1563 - Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier
1574 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Spanish Governor of Florida (b. 1519)
1575 - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504)

Other Events:
1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought.
1394 - King Charles VI of France orders all Jews expelled from France.
1462 - The Battle of Swiecino (or Battle of Zarnowiec) is fought during
Thirteen Years' War
1577 - Peace of Bergerac signed between Henry III of France and the
Huguenots.