[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 5

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Day of the Holy Spirit (Byzantium).
610 Heraclius attacks Constantinople with his fleet.
1056 Death of Henry III "the Black," Holy Roman Emperor.
1091 500 houses destroyed in a storm, London.
1263 Norwegians abandon an invasion of Scotland.
1285 Death of Philip III, "the Bold" ( France).
1355 The English set forth on chevauchee in Languedoc.
1511 England joins the "Holy League" against France.
1553 First Parliament of (Bloody) Mary Tudor, Queen of England, convened.
1568 William of Orange crosses the Meuse.