Battle of Arsf: 7 September 1191 - This Day in History
On this day in 1191 the Muslim army of Saladin attacked the Crusaders of Richard I (the Lion-Heart) at the Battle of Arsf, and, though Richard successfully counterattacked in the evening, his march to Jerusalem was delayed. More Events on this day: 1885: American poet and novelist Elinor Wylie was born in Somerville, New Jersey. 1876: The Younger Brothers, a group of American outlaws, were captured following an unsuccessful bank robbery. 1860: Giuseppe Garibaldi entered Naples, Italy, and proclaimed himself “Dictator of the Two Sicilies.” 1822: Dom Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil. 1812: Napoleon's French forces narrowly defeated the Russians under Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov at the Battle of Borodino.
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