[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Nov. 23

[STEVE K ROURKE]

912 Birth of Otto "the Great," Holy Roman Emperor.
955 Death of Edred (England). http://battle1066.com/edred.shtml
1221 Birth of Alfonso X "The Wise" ( Castile & Leon)
1248 Ferdinand III (Castile-Leon) takes Seville.
1263 Death of St. Alexander Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod.
1407 Louis, Duke of Orleans, brother of Charles IV (France), assassinated
1457 Death of Ladislaus V (Hungary and Bohemia).
1470 Birth of Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikhs.
1499 Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne, executed.
http://www.thehistorynet.com/britishheritage/articles/0393_text.htm
1476 University of Mainz, Germany, granted a Papal charter.
1521 French lose Milan.
1553 Birth of Prospero Alpini, botanist; introduced coffee, bananas to
Europe.
1583 Edward Arden, heretic, stretched on the Rack in the Tower of London.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01700b.htm