[Loch-ruadh] Today in history
STEVE K ROURKE
SROURKE at prodigy.net
Sat Jun 30 09:08:02 PDT 2001
Born on this date
1470: Charles VIII, King of France
Also on this date
296 St Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
http://saints.catholic.org/saints/marcellinus.html
1139: Death of St. Otto of Bamberg
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saints/ottoofbamberg.html
1294 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1394: A French Royal Audience hears arguments for a General Council of the
Church
1520: CortÇs forced to evacuate TenochtitlÝn by Aztec revolt
1552: Death of Christopher Marlowe, playwright
1559: Henry II, King of France, mortally wounded on the last day of the
three day Tournament. This served to help end jousting.
1595 :"Red" Hugh O'Neill proclaimed a traitor by the English
1597: William Barents, Dutch navigator, dies at about 50
http://www.sheridanhouse.com/catalog/relatednautical/winteraway.html
1603: Henry IV, King of France, officially re-opens work on the Pont Neuf
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