[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Dec.17

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Io Saturnalia!
546 Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, takes Rome
693 Death of St. Begga
779 Death of St. Sturm
942 Assassination of William "Longsword", Duke of Normandy
1187 Death of Pope Gregory VIII;  Election of Pope Clement III
1213 Death of St. John of Matha
1223 Crusaders gathered to free Burriana, Spain, from the Moors
1273 Death of Rumi http://www.armory.com/~thrace/sufi/life.html
1526 Ferdinand (Hapsburg) of Austria elected King of Bohemia; birth of
Austria-Hungary
1531 The Inquisition is established in Portugal
1538 Pope Paul III excommunicates England's King Henry VIII (2nd time)
1559 Consecration of Archbishop Parker
1562 Death of Adrian Willaert, composer