[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Nov. 25

STEVE K ROURKE SROURKE at prodigy.net
Sat Nov 24 21:29:42 PST 2001


St. Catherine's Day
1177 Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem fell to the Sultan of Egypt.
1120 Le Blanche Nef (the White Ship) wrecked; death of William Aetheling,
son and heir of King Henry I ( England).
1185 Death of Pope Lucius III.
1185 Election of Pope Urban III.
1177 MONTGISARD; Baldwin IV ,"the Leper", (Jerusalem) defeats Saladin with
200 knights.
1215 John I "Lackland" (England) sends to Hubert de Burgh for "40 bacon pigs
of the fattest and least good for eating" to fuel the fire in the mine under
the tower of Rochester Castle.
1277 Election of Pope Nicholas III.
1314 Coronation of Louis IV ( Germany).
1413 Coronation of Sigsimund as King of the Lombards.
1491 Treaty signed between Spain and the Moors in Granada.
1542 SOLWAY MOSS (English defeat Scots).
1560 Andrea Doria, Genoese condottiere, admiral, dies.






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