8 JULY

Important events of 8 July 1099 – On 8 July Some 15,000 ravenous Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem via marching in a spiritual procession round the metropolis as its Muslim defenders watch.1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to place down a rise up on Malta.1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European…