On This Day
1192 – The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.[4]
The Treaty of Jaffa, more seldom referred to as the Treaty of Ramla[1][2][3] or the treaty of 1192,[4] was a truce agreed to during the Crusades. It was signed on 1[1] or 2 September 1192 A.D. (20th of Sha’ban 588 AH) between the Muslim ruler Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, King of England, shortly after the July–August 1192 Battle of Jaffa. The treaty, negotiated with the help of Balian of Ibelin, guaranteed a three-year truce between the two armies. This treaty ended the Third Crusade.
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Born On This Day
1251 – Francis of Fabriano, Italian writer (d. 1322)
Francesco da Fabriano (2 September 1251 – 22 April 1322) – born Francesco Venimbeni – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor.[1] He was a noted writer on various theological and biblical matters and was known for his great breadth of theological knowledge that characterized his religious life.[2]
Pope Pius VI beatified the Franciscan friar on 1 April 1775.
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Bat-like Spinetail
I’m partial to any bird that make you say, “Where’s the rest of the bird?” The Bat-like Spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi) has huge wings, a big head, and that’s about it. The species does in fact have a tail, but it’s tiny and squared-off, with wiry spines (you can just see them protruding in this picture). The Bat-like Spinetail belongs to the swift family Apodidae, and it lives in lowland African woods south of the Equator, where it zooms around eating bugs, presumably in a bat-like way. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird distinguishes this species from others with “All other swifts have a longer tail,” which is a masterwork of understatement.
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