[1]Sinclair Dates: May 28.
In 1889: George 15th Earl of Caithness d.,
[2]Left the family estates out of the family.
In 1291: Fall of Acre,
[3]end of the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land.
In 1089: Lanfranc died, Lanfranc Benedictine monk Abbot of La Bec
Hellouine was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by William the
Conqueror.
[4]Tomorrow: May 29.
In 1889: James 16th Earl of Caithness,
[5]Cousin of the 15th Earl.
In 1852: David Sutherland Sinclair b., Brooks Co., Ga.
In 1660: Restoration, of Charles II, the Scottish Parliament, and
bishops.
In 1453: Turks take Constantinople, Constantinople fell to the Turks
After a siege lasting weeks; the forces of Mehmed II at last breached
the walls that had stood impenetrable for more than a thousand years,
and the city fell. With the Fall of Constantinople, the Eastern Roman
Empire (Byzantium) ended, and with it the last piece of Rome after
2000 years. This caused a revival of Greek language and literature in
the west, due to refugees fleeing to [6]Venice and elsewhere. This in
turn led to a revival of biblical scholarship, which was one of the
contributing factors to the [7]Reformation.
In 1418: Burgundians take Paris, Dauphin escapes Source: ToW.
References
1. http://www.mids.org/sinclair/timeline.html
2. http://www.clansinclair.org/hist1.htm
3. http://www.web-site.co.uk/knights_templar/templar4_10.html
4. http://www.mids.org/sinclair/timeline.html
5. http://www.clansinclair.org/hist1.htm
6. http://www.boglewood.com/timeline/ottomans.html
7. http://www.mids.org/ada/local/virtual/www.sinclair.mids.org/today/today.inc#Reformation
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