[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 2

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1243 - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)
1548 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)

Deaths:
421 - Constantius III, Roman Emperor
1031 - Saint Emeric of Hungary
1274 - Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)
1397 - Francesco Landini, Italian composer
1540 - Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)

Other Events:
44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy
XV Caesarion.
44 BC - The first of Cicero's Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark
Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next several months.
31 BC - Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium - Off the western coast of Greece,
forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.



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