[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Dec. 26

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Births
1194 Frederick II Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily

Deaths
0267 Dionysius bishop of Rome/saint, dies
1476 Galeazzo Maria Sforza duke of Milan, murdered
1530 Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47
1574 Charles Guise archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50


Other Events
0268 St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0418 St Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0795 St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest
1481 Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht
1492 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
1568 Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada