[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 10

[STEVE K ROURKE]

644 Death of St. Paulinius of York.
680 Death of Husayn.
732 TOURS: Charles Martel ends Moslem advance into France.
1191 An assembly in St. Paul's, London, declares that William Longchamps is
deposed as Chancellor and Chief Justiciar of England.
1227 Martyrdom of St. Daniel and his companions.
1349 Edward, the Black Prince of England, marries the Fair Countess of Kent.
1460 Richard of York claims English throne.
1469 Betrothal of Lorenzo di Pierfranceso de'Medici and Ginevra de Pazzi.
1471 BRUNKEBERG Christian I Oldenburg of Norway defeated by Sten Sture the
Elder.
1486 Bartholomew Diaz receives a Portuguese Royal annuity.
1510 Birth of St. Francis Borgia.
1555 The Elector Augustus of Saxony bans firearms. The ban is cheerfully
ignored.
1573 Death of St. Francis Borgia.
1573 Spanish capture Tunis.