[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Nov. 8

[STEVE K ROURKE]

306 Martyrdom of the Four Crowned Ones.
http://www.geocities.com/milkingmom/four.html
618 Death of St. Deusdedit, Pope.
641 Fall of Alexandria, Egypt, to Islam.
789 Death of St. Willihad.
911 Election of Conrad I ( Germany).
1086 Birth of Henry V, last Salian Holy Roman Emperor.
1115 Death of St. Godfrey (Geoffrey) of Amiens.
1202 The 4th Crusade sails from Venice to Zara.
1286 Death of Pedro III ( Aragon).
1307 Rebellion erupts in Switzerland, to oust the Austrians.
1308 Death of Duns Scotus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05194a.htm
1333 Start of the first Autumn Faire at Kendal, England.
1519 Cortez enters Tenochtitlan, capitol of the Aztecs.
1576 Pacification of Ghent.
http://www.historytoday.com/index.cfm?articleid=1685
1576 Bessie Dunlop, of Lyne, in Ayrshire, England, sees the "ghost" of
Thomas Reid, killed at Pinkie.
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/scots_folk/bessie_dunlop.html