RMOTODAY
Today in History for Aug. 15:
On this date:
In 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.
In 1096, the armies of the First Crusade set out from Europe to deliver Jerusalem from the occupying forces of Islamic Turks.
In 1534, the Jesuit order of Catholic priests was founded.
In 1534, explorer Jacques Cartier began his return to France after his first voyage to Canada.
In 1766, the first issue of the Nova Scotia Gazette was published.
In 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France, was born in Ajaccio, Corsica. He died in exile on the Atlantic island of St. Helena in 1821.
In 1771, British writer Sir Walter Scott was born.
In 1812, the first European steam passage service was announced, between Glasgow and Gr