Today in history, 10 july 2009
In Events:
July 10th 0552 Origin of Armenian calendar
July 10th 1040 Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes
July 10th 1460 Wars of Roses: Richard of York defeats King Henry VI at Northampton
July 10th 1520 King Charles V & King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais
July 10th 1553 Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England
July 10th 1568 Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish
July 10th 1584 Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium
July 10th 1598 Spanish theater plays "Moros y Los Cristianos" in Rio Grande
July 10th 1609 Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League
July 10th 1627 English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle [NS=June 20]
In Births:
July 10th 1509 John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian
July 10th 1517 Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Chƒtillon/bishop
July 10th 1526 Philip III van Croij, duke of Aarschot/earl of Porcien
July 10th 1638 David Teniers III, Flemish painter (carpet cartons)
July 10th 1697 Fran‡ois Hanot, composer
In Deaths:
July 10th 0138 Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies
July 10th 0518 Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies
July 10th 0983 Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies
July 10th 1086 Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered
July 10th 1103 Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies