1097. The siege of Antioch opened by the crusaders. (See [June 3].) Baldwin founded the principality of Edessa in this year.
1217. The fortress of Alcazar-do-Sal taken from the Moors, after a hard fought
battle, by the Portuguese under Alphonso II, assisted by William, earl of Holland, with a portion of the fleet and forces bound for the crusade.
1439. Ambrose of Portico, in Romania, died; distinguished by his fluency in the Greek tongue, at the councils of Basil, Ferrara, &c.
1441. Margery Jourdemain, the witch of Eye, condemned to be burnt for furnishing love potions to Eleanor Cobham, wife of that duke of Gloucester so eminent as a patron of science and letters.
1558. Julius Cæsar Scaliger died; an Italian physician, eminent as a Latin critic and poet.
1583. Laurent Joubert, a French physician and medical writer, died.
1593. Nymegen, a strong city of Holland, surrendered to Maurice of Nassau, who added a new fort to it.
1621. Anthony Montchrestien de Vateville, a French poet, torn to pieces and burnt by order of the authorities, for sedition and other crimes.
1662. Henry Lawes, an English musician, died. He was originally a choir boy of Salisbury church, first introduced the Italian style of music in England, and composed the notes for Milton's Comus.