On this day in history, June 21st… Events: • 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily. • 1529 – French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac. Births: • 1002 – Pope Leo IX (d. 1054) • 1226 – Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279) • 1528 – Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1603) • 1535 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596) Deaths: • 1040 – Fulk III, Count of Anjou (b. 972) • 1171 – Walter de Luci, English brother of Richard de Luci (b. 1103) • 1205 – Enrico Dandolo, Italian noble, 42nd Doge of Venice (b. 1107) • 1208 – Philip of Swabia (b. 1177) • 1305 – Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (b. 1271) • 1377 – Edward III of England (b. 1312) • 1421 – Jean Le Maingre, French marshal (b. 1366) • 1521 – Leonardo Loredan, Italian noble, 76th Doge of Venice (b. 1436) • 1527 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and author (b. 1469) • 1529 – John Skelton, English poet • 1547 – Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485) • 1558 – Piero Strozzi, Italian military leader (b. 1510) • 1591 – Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (b. 1568) • 1596 – Jean Liebault, French agronomist (b. 1535)
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:34:00 +0000
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