EVENTS
1098: Antioch captured by the crusaders
After an eight month siege that included the defeat of two armies sent to relieve the city, the crusaders bribed the commander of one of the city gates, who let them in on the night of June 2/3.
1162: Thomas À Becket consecrated Archbishop
When Henry II appointed his old friend to this powerful post, he thought Becket would continue to support him in the ongoing struggle of state vs. church. Becket would soon prove otherwise.
WHO DIED
~545: Saint Clotilda
