[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Sept 10

steverourke at charter.net steverourke at charter.net
Sun Sep 10 09:53:34 PDT 2006


Births:
1169 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183) 
1487 - Pope Julius III (d. 1555) 
1550 - Alonso de Guzman El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (d. 1615) 
1588 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d. 1666) 

Deaths:
918 - Count Baldwin II of Flanders (b. 865) 
954 - King Louis IV of France (b. 920) 
1167 - Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102) 
1197 - Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166) 
1308 - Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285) 
1419 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (assassinated) (b. 1371) 
1519 - John Colet, English churchman and educator 
1559 - Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (b. 1501) 
1591 - Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (b. 1542) 

Other Events:
506 - The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. 
1419 - John of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France



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