[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 11

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Meditrinalia in ancient Rome, wine-tasting festival.
961 Death of St. Bruno.
1231 Conrad of Marburg directed by Pope Gregory IX to uproot Satanism in
Thuringia.
1347 Death of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1405 King T'aejong arrived in Seoul, Korea.
1415 The army of Henry V (England) reaches Arques, France.
1424 Count Jan Zizka, Bohemian military hero, dies of plague.
1492 Columbus' fleet sails into debris from land, and sees a light.
1511 Pope Julius II forms the "Holy League".
1521 Pope Leo X names King Henry VIII ( England) "Defender of the Faith".
1531 KAPPEL (Catholics defeat Protestants); Death of Zwingli.
1540 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, gives Milan to his son Philip.
1586 Trial of Mary, Queen of Scots.
1592 Death of St. Alexander Sauli.