[Loch-ruadh] Today in history August 31

[STEVE K ROURKE]

651 Death of St. Aidan of Lindisfarne.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01233d.htm
1030 STIKLESTAD (Olaf II Haraldsson defeated by Norwegian-Danish army).
1057 Death of Leofric, husband of Lady Godiva.
1186 Death of Baldwin V ("Baudouinet"), King of Jerusalem, age 9.
1240 Death of St. Raymond Nonnatus.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saints/raymondnonnatus.html
1290 Edward I, King of England, expels the Jews from England.
1346 Edward III, King of England, lays siege to Calais.
1378 The government of Florence massacres the Ciompi.
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/tours/gothic/history/ciompi.html
1422 Death of Henry V, King of England, at Bois de Vincennes.
1476 Locusts ravage Poland, causing widespread famine.
1449 The Guelfs stage an insurrection in Florence, Italy.
http://search.ebi.eb.com/ebi/article/0,6101,34222,00.html
1521 Cortes and his Indian allies take Tenochtitlan.
1522 Adrian VI (Netherlands) is crowned last non-Italian Pope until 1978.
1535 Pope Paul II deposes & excommunicates England's King Henry VIII.