[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 19

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
86 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161)
866 - Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (d. 912)
1377 - Duke Albert IV of Austria (d. 1404)
1551 - King Henry III of France (d. 1589)

Deaths:
690 - Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)
1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
1356 - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
Walter VI of Brienne, Constable of France (born 1304)

Other Events:
335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.
1356 - In the Battle of Poitiers, the English defeat the French.