[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 4

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1241 - King Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
1454 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
1563 - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
1596 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)

Deaths:
799 - Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (b. 745)
1037 - King Bermudo III of Leon (b. 1010)
1063 - Toghrül, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad
1199 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, wife of William II of
Sicily (b. 1165)
1537 - Johann Dietenberger, German theologian
1588 - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1532)

Other Events:
476 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is
deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
1260 - The Senese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of
Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti



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