[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Nov 5

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Guy Fawkes Day, celebrated in England.
1193 Council of Compigne nullified King Philip II's (France) marriage to
Ingeborg of Denmark 1193.
1219 Damietta taken by the 5th Crusade, after a 62 week siege.
1271 Birth of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol Il-Khan of Iran; made Islam the state
religion.
1370 Death of Casimir III "the Great" ( Poland).
1380 Wat Tyler's Rebellion begins.
1439 Election of Felix V as anti-Pope.
1492 Spanish discover maize on Cuba.
1494 Birth of Hans Sachs. http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/11291.html
1494 Occupation of Florence by the French army.
1513 Reform of the Roman University by Pope Leo X.
1514 Mary, wife of Louis XII (France) crowned Queen.
1556 PANIPAT (Akbar wins the Moghul Empire).
1586 The body of Sir Philip Sidney is landed at Tower Hill; Elizabeth I
(England) declares mourning.
1600 Philip III (Spain) tells the Cuban Governor of his reservations about
missionary and military efforts in Florida.
1605 Gunpowder Plot - Catholics try to blow up English Parliament Plot
uncovered & leader Guy Fawkes later hanged.