Saturday, September 21, 2013

History Trivia - Richard the Lionheart is captured by Leopold V, Duke of Austria

Sept 21

19 BC Virgil, the great Roman poet, died in Rome at age 50.

 454 AD Falvius Actius, Roman general and statesman was born.

1192 Richard I the Lion hearted was captured near Vienna by Leopold V, Duke of Austria who accused Richard of arranging the murder of his cousin Conrad of Montferrat.

1327 Edward II of England was murdered by order of his wife Isabella, daughter of King Philip IV of France.

1435 An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ended the partnership between the English and Burgundy in the Hundred Years' War.

1745 A Jacobite army under 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' defeated government forces at the Battle of Prestonpans.

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