[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Dec. 29

[STEVE K ROURKE]

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Births
1563 Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer
1586 Francisco de Moncada Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona


Deaths
1141 Yue Fei Chinese general, executed
1170 Thomas Beckett archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II
1558 Hermann Finck composer, dies at 31


Other Events
1223 Pope Honorius III formally approved the Franciscan religious order.
Properly called the Order of the Friars Minor, this Catholic order was
founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi
1503 Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France
1539 St Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning
1541 Isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu
1558 Charles V, German emperor, buried


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