[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 6

[STEVE K ROURKE]

877 Death of Charles "the Bald" (France); Louis "the Stammerer" succeeds
him.
891 Election of Formosus as Pope.
1014 Death of Czar Samuel (Bulgaria), on seeing his army of 15,000 men
blinded on orders of Basil, Emperor of Byzantium.
1066 Harold (England) reaches London.
1101 Death of St. Bruno.
1191 Excommunication of William Longchamps, Chancellor and Chief Justiciar
of England, by the bishops of London.
1238 Dedication of the Cathedral of St. Peter, Petersborough, England.
1470 The Earl of Warwick asks forgiveness of King Henry VI ( England).
1498 Louis XII (France) enters Milan.
1510 Birth of Dr. John Key (John Caius).
1536 Execution of William Tyndale, publisher, for heresy.
1555 Birth of Ferenc Nadasdy. http://www.dvxs.net/inside/erszebet.html
1595 A request is made from Hertfordshire for replacement of longbows by
muskets, as their bows were unserviceable.
1600 "Euridice," the oldest extant opera, first performed.