June
21
217 BC Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal destroyed a Roman army under
Consul Gaius Flaminicy in a battle at Lake Trasimenus in central Italy.
1314 The Scots, under Robert the Bruce, defeated Edward II's army at
Bannockburn.
1675 Christopher Wren started the
rebuilding St. Paul's Cathedral in London after the Great Fire.
October 20
480 BC The Greeks
defeated the Persians in a naval battle at Salamis, an island in the Saronic
Gulf near Athens. It marked the high-point of the second Persian invasion of
Greece which had begun in 480 BC.
1097 First Crusaders arrived in Antioch. The
first siege, by the crusaders against the Muslim city, lasted from October 21,
1097, to June 2, 1098.
1524 Thomas Linacre, physician and classical scholar,
who founded the Royal College of Physicians in London died.
1632 Christopher
Wren, astronomer/great architect (St. Paul's
Cathedral), was born.
June 21
217 BC Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal destroyed a Roman
army under Consul Gaius Flaminicy in a battle at Lake Trasimenus in central
Italy.
524 Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeated the Franks at the Battle
of Vézeronce.
1314 The Scots, under Robert the Bruce, defeated Edward II's army
at Bannockburn.
1327 King Edward III of England died.
1527 Niccolo Machiavelli,
author of "The Prince," died.
1675 Christopher Wren started the
rebuilding St. Paul's Cathedral in London after the Great Fire.
October 20
480 BC The Greeks
defeated the Persians in a naval battle at Salamis, an island in the Saronic
Gulf near Athens. It marked the high-point of the second Persian invasion of
Greece which had begun in 480 BC.
1097 First Crusaders arrived in Antioch. The
first siege, by the crusaders against the Muslim city, lasted from October 21,
1097, to June 2, 1098.
1524 Thomas Linacre, physician and classical scholar,
who founded the Royal College of Physicians in London died.
1632 Christopher
Wren, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, astronomer/great architect (St. Paul's
Cathedral), was born.
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